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First letter from Helene Carter to Marilyn Steele,
dated January 21, 1956
"As I remember it, he wrote abut real children he knew." |
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Page 1: "But, you know, some details are bound to be different, and after all the country is a dream country
though a real one, and there is nothing against it being a different country in different places as it is
bound to be a different country to different people."
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Page 2: "The safest address for me for the next six months will be care of the British Counsulate, Aleppo, Syria. And it saves
a lot of time on the way if you remember to write 'via Istanbul' on the top of the envelope."
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Letter from Arthur Ransome to Helene Carter, dated December 31, 1931
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Letter from Helene Carter to Marilyn Steel, dated May 18, 1956
"I am simply delighted to have your lovely sketches for "Swallows and Amazons". You draw
extremely well and I hope you will keep it up.">
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Letter from Arthur Ransome to Marilyn Steele
"I cannot answer all your questions without letting secrets... But I will let out one more:
Rio is Bowness-on-Windermere.
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