Peter duck arthur ransome biography

I really was not crazy about this book when I first started reading it. I felt very distanced from the characters, after becoming so attached to them in the earlier books, and I found the separation of these imagined Walkers from the “real” ones to be very jarring. I was actually thankful for each footnote Nancy, Roger, and others provided, because it gave me

Swallows (John, Susan, Titty, Roger [7 1/2 yrs. old] Walker)

Amazons(Nancy, Peggy Blackett)

Captain Flint

Mr Duck