Posted by John Wilson on May 15, 2011 at 15:11:59 user hugo.
Most of the 12 books have dedications, apart from SA and SD. CC is dedicated “To The Skipper of the Titmouse” suggesting he was a real person, a Busk boy? Was the Titmouse based on a real vessel? And PD is dedicated to the fictional “Mrs Robert Blackett and Mrs E.H.R. Walker”. E for Edward (Ted) but what (hypothetically) could H and R stand for:
PD To Mrs Robert Blackett and Mrs E.H.R. Walker .....
WH To the Clan McEoch of Francis Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
CC To The Skipper of the Titmouse
PP To Oscar Gnosspelius
WD To Mrs Henry Clay
BS To Margaret and Charles Renold
SW To the Busk family
ML To Herbert J. Hanson, O.B.E., Scholar and Seaman
PM To Aunt Helen C.F.C.A. Plus 100. A1 (these letters .....
GN To Myles North who, knowing a good deal of what happened, asked me to write the full story