Freaks on the Fells
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- Title
- Freaks on the Fells
- Publication year listed
- 1864
- Format
- Public domain eBook
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About this book
Freaks on the Fells
Author: R. M. Ballantyne (1825-1894)
Year: 1864
This book contains three stories, all very entertaining. The first concerns a London family who go to stay with a Scottish farmer in the highlands. Lots of amusing episodes, and a very good audiobook. The second story is about two boys who decide to run away to sea, and their subsequent adventures, most of which are very frightening, and one of the boys even loses a leg in the course of an action. But, suddenly, a strange thing happens--you will have to find out for yourself what that was! As a result neither of the two boys would ever go to sea again. The third story is quite short, and is concerned with a salmon-fishing holiday in Norway. Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894), A Short Biography, with acknowledgements to Chambers Biographical Dictionary. Scottish author of boys' books, born in Edinburgh, a nephew of James and John Ballantyne, the printers. Educated at The Edinburgh Academy, he joined the Hudson's Bay Company in 1841, and worked as a clerk in the Red River Settlement in the backwoods of northern Canada until 1847, before returning to Edinburgh in 1848. He wrote his first stories on his experiences in Canada, with books such as The Young Fur Traders (1856). Coral Is