Arthur Ransome: Master Storyteller by Roger Wardale et al, First Edition

Clifford [Cyril] Webb (1895 to 1972)—Wood engraver, etcher, painter. Born in London, Webb studied at Westminster School of Art. In the 1920s he established a reputation as one of Britain's most interesting engravers, specialising in landscapes and animal subjects, Helene Carter (1887 to 1960)—A Canadian artist who illustrated children's books and some adult fiction, Mary Shepard (1909 to 2000)—An English illustrator, best known for her illustrations of P. L. Travers' Mary Poppins. She was the daughter of E. H. Shepard, illustrator of children's literature including Winnie-the-Pooh and The Wind in the Willows. In 1937 she married E. V. Knox, becoming Mary Knox, W. G. [William Gershom] Collingwood (1854 to 1932)—Author, artist, antiquary and Professor of Fine Arts at the Reading University. He was John Ruskins private secretary, friends with Arthur Ransome (whose 'Swallows' characters were based on his Grandchildren), editor of Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions, a founder of the Lakes Artist Society, president of the Viking Club, an active promoter of the Lakes Arts and Crafts movement and father of R. G. Collingwood, the famous philosopher and historian and Arthur Ransome

An account of how the 12 books in the Swallows and Amazons Series were written.