Peter Duck
by Arthur Michell Ransome and Alison Larkin
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Peter Duck is the third book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome. The Swallows and Amazons sail to Crab Island with Captain Flint and Peter Duck, an old sailor, to recover buried treasure. During the voyage the Wildcat (Captain Flint's ship) is chased by another vessel, the Viper, whose piratical crew are also intending to recover the treasure.
The book, first published in 1932, is considered to be one of the metafictional books in the series, along with Missee Lee. It is a story withing the stories of The Swallows and Amazons. Most of the book was written in Aleppo where Ransome was staying with the Altounyans.
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Brothers and Sisters, Sailing, Storytelling, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Children's fiction, Voyages and travels, Fiction, Brothers and sisters, Adventure and adventurers, Sea stories, Juvenile fiction, Treasure troves, Adventure stories, Sporting stories (Children's, Teenage), JUVENILE FICTION, General, Swallows (Fictitious characters), Amazons (Fictitious characters : Ransome), Boats and boating, Ducks, fiction, Siblings, fiction, Voyages and travels, fictionShowing 9 featured editions. View all 22 editions?
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Peter Duck: A Treasure Hunt in the Caribbees
Oct 01, 2010, David R. Godine, Publisher
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1567924298 9781567924299
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Peter Duck: based on information supplied by the Swallows and Amazons and illustrated mainly by themselves.
1932, Jonathan Cape
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