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Description edit
It all started with a coot's nest. Dorothy and Dick meet Tom Dodgeon, Port and Starboard, and three pirate salvagers all members of the Coot Club Bird Protection Society. When one of the coot's nests is disturbed by a shipful of Hullabaloos-rude holiday boaters - trouble begins. Frantic... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Dorothea Callum: Add a description of this character.
- Dick Callum
- Tom Dudgeon
- Port Farland
- Starboard Farland
- Mrs. Barrable
- William
- Joe
- Bill
- Mrs. Whittle
- Jim Wooddall
- Simon
- Pete
- Mrs. Mcginty
- George Owdon
- Mr. Hawkins
- Dot
- Domthea
- Mr. Tedder
- Garnet
- Old Bob
- Hullabaloos
- Brother Richard
- Rodley
- Nancy
- Ronald
First Sentence edit
Thorpe Station at Norwich is a terminus.
Table of Contents edit
BOOK ONE
COOTS AND FOREIGNERS
1. Just in Time
2. Disappointment
3. What's the Good of Planning?
4. The Only Thing To Do
5. Aboard the Teasel
6. Put Yourself in His Place
7. Invitation
8. The Innocents
9. The Making of an Outlaw
10. Lying Low
11. Tom in Danger
12. Under the Enemy's Nose
13. The Titmouse Disguised
14. Neighbours at Potter Heigham
15. Port and Starboard Say Good-Bye
BOOK TWO
IN SOUTHERN WATERS
16. Southward Bound
17. Port and Starboard Miss Their Ship
18. Through Yarmouth
19. Sir Garnet Obliges Friends
20. While the Wind Holds
21. Come Along and Welcome
22. The Return of the Native
23. Storm Over Oulton
24. Recall
25. The Rashness of the Admiral
26. The Titmouse in the Fog
27. William's Heroic Moment
28. Wreck and Salvage
29. Face to Face
Postscript
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 12 in Swallows and Amazons. (standard series)
Preceded by Winter Holiday (Godine Storyteller), and followed by Pigeon Post.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Arthur Ransome (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: London, J. Cape
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1934
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 351
Publisher: London, J. Cape
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1934
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 351
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › History & Historical Fiction › United States › Fiction › Westerns
- Books › Children's Books › History & Historical Fiction › Fiction › Military & Wars
- Books › Children's Books › Authors & Illustrators, A-Z › ( R ) › Ransome, Arthur
- Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Adventure & Thrillers
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Action & Adventure
- Books › Teens › History & Historical Fiction › Historical Fiction
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