Pigeon Post
A Lake District Adventure of Gold Hunts, Coded Messages, Map Reading, and Homing PigeonsBy Arthur Ransome
Length11h 50m
About this audiobook
Arthur Ransome's *Pigeon Post* (1936), the sixth novel in the celebrated Swallows and Amazons series, transforms the English Lake District into a landscape of exploration, ingenuity, and imaginative possibility. The Walker and Blackett children, joined by their friend Dick and confronted by the practical demands of an expedition, search for evidence of gold while camping in the hills above their familiar boating country. Ransome combines a lively adventure plot with close observation of geology, weather, local history, and outdoor craft. His lucid, understated prose treats children's play as a serious form of knowledge, while the novel's episodic structure, coded messages, and self-organized society place it within the traditions of school-story fiction, pastoral literature, and the British adventure narrative. Ransome (1884–1967) was a journalist, author, and sailor whose extensive travels and lifelong attachment to sailing profoundly shaped his fiction. After working as a foreign correspondent, including reporting from Russia during the revolutionary period, he settled in the Lake District, where its lakes, fells, dialects, and communities became the imaginative foundation of his children's novels. His experience of independent living and outdoor pursuits enabled him to portray youthful competence without sacrificing humor or psychological nuance. Readers interested in classic children's literature, imaginative play, or the cultural history of British adventure fiction will find *Pigeon Post* especially rewarding. It offers excitement and mystery, but also a thoughtful celebration of resourcefulness, friendship, landscape, and the freedom to construct a meaningful world beyond adult supervision.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (5.7K)
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GenreChildren's Literature
Length11 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 20, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Whirlaway: A Story of the Ages
2Chapter I. Beginning Already
3Chapter II. The Plan
4Chapter III. Consulting Slater Bob
5Chapter IV. Mrs. Blackett Makes Conditions
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6Chapter V. Pioneers and Stay-At-Homes
7Chapter VI. News From the Wilderness
8Chapter VII. Trek to Tyson’s
9Chapter VIII. High Topps
10Chapter IX. Two Kinds of Camping Places
11Chapter X. Prospecting
12Chapter XI. Fending Off the Enemy
13Chapter XII. Pot of Paint
14Chapter XIII. Can’t Anybody Dowse?
15Chapter XIV. Desperation
16Chapter XV. Titty Makes Up Her Mind to It
17Chapter XVI. Sinking the Well
18Chapter XVII. Shifting Camp
19Chapter XVIII. The White Spots
20Chapter XIX. Roger Alone
21Chapter XX. What’s Become of Him?
22Chapter XXI. Staking Their Claim
23Chapter XXII. Crushing and Panning
24Chapter XXIII. Jack-In-The-Box
25Chapter XXIV. Buried Alive
26Chapter XXV. Hurrying Moles
27Chapter XXVI. “We’ve Got to Do It All Ourselves”
28Chapter XXVII. A Run on Blowpipes
29Chapter XXVIII. Charcoal-Burners
30Chapter XXIX. Blast Furnace
31Chapter XXX. Disaster
32Chapter XXXI. Smoke Over High Topps
33Chapter XXXII. In the Gulch
34Chapter XXXIII. At Beckfoot
35Chapter XXXIV. The Natives
36Chapter XXXV. The End
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