About this book
This is the penultimate book in the Swallows and Amazons series. Dick and Dorothea come to spend part of the summer vacation with the Amazons, but Great Aunt Maria's visit means they have to camp out in the woods. Fine sailing descriptions, interesting accounts of rustic housekeeping, some mineral assaying descriptions.
Subjects
Children's storiesAdventure and adventurers, fictionChildren's fictionAmazons (Fictitious characters : Ransome)Juvenile fictionSwallows (Fictitious characters)AuntsSailingFictionBoats and boating, fictionNatural history, greece, corfu islandZoologistsCorfu island (greece), description and travelScientists, biography