THE BIG SIX

Book ID/图书代码： 11320010B42980

English Summary/英文概要： In this (more or less) sequel to the adventures of Coot Club, Arthur Ransome returns once more to his beloved Norfolk Broads where trouble is again brewing for Joe, Bill, and Pete, the three boatbuilders’ sons who (more or less) live full-time aboard the Death and Glory and the three Coots, Tom, Dorothea and Dick. The problem seems to be that boats are constantly being set adrift, and all the evidence points squarely at the three Death and Glories. In a clever bit of detective work, and with some help from a sophisticated photographic trap, the Big Six manage to exonerate themselves and catch the villains.

Of course, this book, like all Ransome titles, is about a lot more than clever detective work; it has the smell of water and tarred rope, the sound of birds, and the plight of children left to their own devices and coping with everything from catching monster pike to trapping midnight eels.

Ransome, who wrote these imperishable books, spent his childhood in England’s Lake District, and after a career in journalism that took him to Russia (where he married Trostsky’s secretary), China, and Egypt (interspersed with summers of cruising through the Baltic Sea and the canals of Europe), he retired to Coniston where he could practise his favorite pastimes of sailing and fishing and where he wrote Swallows and Amazons. What sets these books apart from other books of the period is both his attention to detail and his admirable ability to provide a wealth of practical information. If kids still exist who wish to know how to read a compass, handle a main sheet, reef a sail, bait a hook, or pitch a tent, these are the books they’ll embrace.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 比尔、彼得还有乔被诬陷而使所有人都对他们有了敌意，只有迪克、多罗西亚和托姆站在他们这一边，随即帮助他们展开了对罪犯的调查。（Claire）

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About the Author/作者介绍： Arthur Ransome was born in 1884. He was in Russia in 1917 and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District of England with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. Thus began a writing career that has produced some of the best children s literature of all time.
亚瑟•蓝塞姆出生于1884年。1917年在俄国亲眼目目了十月革命，并就此专题在《曼彻斯特卫报》发表了报道。之后逃亡到斯堪的纳维亚，与他的俄罗斯妻子一起安居在英国湖区，也就是在此于1929年诞生了Swallows and Amazons系列。之后亚瑟就开始了他全新的写作生涯，创作出了很多优秀的儿童文学作品。

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