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Swallows and Amazons
''Swallows and Amazons'' is the first book in the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series by English author Arthur Ransome; it was first published in 1930, with the action taking place in the summer of 1929 in the Lake District. The book introduces central protagonists John, Susan, Titty and Roger Walker (Swallows) and their mother and baby sister, as well as Nancy and Peggy Blackett (Amazons) and their uncle Jim, commonly referred to as Captain Flint.
At the time, Ransome had been working as a journalist with the ''Manchester Guardian'', but decided to become a full-time author rather than go abroad as a foreign correspondent. He did continue to write part-time for the press, however.
The book was inspired by a summer spent by Ransome teaching the children of his friends, the Altounyans, to sail. Three of the Altounyan children's names are adopted directly for the Walker family. Ransome and Ernest Altounyan bought two small dinghies called ''Swallow'' and ''Mavis''. Ransome kept ''Swallow'' until he sold it a number of years later, while ''Mavis'' remained in the Altounyan family and is now on permanent display in the Ruskin Museum. However, later in life Ransome tried to downplay the Altounyan connections, changing the initial dedication of ''Swallows and Amazons'' and writing a new foreword which gave other sources.〔''Autobiography of Arthur Ransome'', Arthur Ransome, ed. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1976〕〔''The Life of Arthur Ransome'', Hugh Brogan, 1984〕 In 2003, the novel was listed at number 57 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.〔("BBC - The Big Read" ). BBC. April 2003, Retrieved 1 December 2012〕
==Illustrations==
The artist chosen for the first edition of the book was Steven Spurrier; however, Ransome objected to his style and so the first edition did not have any illustrations. Spurrier's drawing for the dust jacket had to be used. The second edition contained drawings by Clifford Webb but after Ransome successfully illustrated ''Peter Duck'' himself, he decided to do his own drawings for all the books including those already published and Webb's drawings were replaced in later editions.
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