Posted by Ian on August 28, 1997 at 13:09:02:
In Reply to: Re: "Swallows and Amazons For Ever." posted by Bob Hollis on August 04, 1997 at 14:58:21:
>Charles, save your money. Swallows and Amazons Forever is the
>abridged editions of Coot Club and The Big Six combined as
>one book.
Save your money AND protest. The book is a disgrace.
There are NO maps and NO illustrations !
There must have been a rumble in Rusland church yard when this came out.
For importance of visual motifs to Ransomes work see
Motive and Motif in Swallows and Amazons and Pigeon Post by Kirsty Cochrane,
and as for trying to follow the plots without maps....
SHUN it and keelhaul Red Fox.
Ian