Arthur Ransome

Arthur Ransome (January 18, 1884–June 3, 1967) was a British children's author. He is best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, which tell of school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and Norfolk Broads areas of England, and mostly involving small sailing boats. They remain popular to the point that they are a basis of a tourist industry around Windermere and Coniston Water — the two lakes that Ransome used as the basis for his fictional lake.

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January 18 - 1884 - June 3 - 1967 - British - Swallows and Amazons - Lake District - Norfolk Broads - England - Windermere - Coniston Water

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