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Arthur ransome, in full arthur michell ransome, born january 18, 1884, leeds, yorkshire, englanddied june 3, 1967, cheadle, near manchester, english writer best known for the swallows and amazons series of childrens novels 193047, which set the pattern for holiday adventure stories after studying science for only two terms at yorkshire college, leeds. The extraordinary success ransome achieved as a childrens writer, from the 1930s until his death in 1967, perhaps inevitably eclipsed his earlier work, but in the case of his two books and pamphlet on the russian revolutions of 1917 and the tumultuous events that followed that is a great loss. This book describes the economic, social and political situation arthur ransome saw during his visit to russia in february and march of 1919. On august 27, 1914, in london, i made this note in a memorandum book.
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