Posted by Dave Thewlis on March 13, 2012 at 06:27:53 user dthewlis.
In Reply to: Re: Coot Club dedication posted by Magnus Smith on March 13, 2012 at 05:56:40:
But every dedication other than "...the skipper of the Titmouse" is to actual people's names, either individually or as a family; even when in PD they are fictional names. That could be used to bolster the presumption that the skipper of the Titmouse must also be a reference to a real person, or exactly the opposite: if it were Ransome would be much more likely to have used the person's name, real or fictional.