Title: The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)
Description: This book will appeal to anyone who loves the movie or novels by Arthur Ransome, along with media studies students, academics of film history, aspiring actors and crew, nostalgia fans and outdoor enthusiasts, especially those interested in camping, sailing or exploring the Lake District. It includes extracts from original diaries written at the time, personal letters, call sheets and extracts from newspaper clippings along with official photographs and snap shots taken behind the scenes which add richness to Sophie’s childhood memories of working on location.  

Endorsed by the film producer and main cast, including Virginia McKenna, Suzanna Hamilton and David Wood, the award-winning screenwriter, the book has been acclaimed by The Daily Mail, The Times and Telegraph.
Subjects: Motion pictures, production and direction, Swallows and Amazons, classic movie, film making, acting, Lake District, Cumbria, seventies movie, filming, child actors, actors life, diary, memoire, autobiography, true life, film history, filmography, media studies, drama club, film club, movie club, movie disasters, Lancashire, England, English Lake District, family film, 1973, what we ate in the seventies, life in the seventies, childhood memories, movie star, unlikely stories, disaster stories, nostalgia, humor, humour, friendship, movie making
Places: Peel Island, Coniston Water, Bowness on Windermere, Windermere, Derwentwater, Elterwater, Ambleside, Lake District, Cumbria, Gloucestershire, Slad, England, United Kingdom
People: Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser, Suzanna Hamilton, Sophie Neville, Brenda Bruce, Mike Pratt, John Franklyn-Robbins, Jack Woolgar, Kerry Darbishire, Tiffany Smith, Moira Late, Brian Robey Jones, Mike Price, George Pattinson, James Stelfox, Jack Hadwin, Richard Pilbrow, Claude Whatham, Dennis Lewisham, Terry Needham, Sten Grendon, Kit Seymour, Lesley Bennett, Arthur Ransome, Evgenia Ransome, David Wood, Lucy Batty, Daphne Neville, Martin Neville, Tamzin Neville, Neville C Thompson, Wilfred Josephs, Marcus Dods, Simon Holland, Ian Whittaker, David Blagdon, Denis Lewiston, Harry Benn, Graham Ford, Gareth Tandy, Sue Merry, Eddie Collins, Bobby Sitwell, David Wynn-Jones, Cedric James, Robin Gregory, John Slater, Mike Turk, Ian Fuller, Bill Rowe, Terry Smith, Peter Robb-King, Ronnie Cogan, Martin Evans, David Cadwallader, Peter Bloor, Denis Carrigan, John Leuenberger, Bon Hedges, Simon West, Terry Wells, Bill Hearn, Mick Guyett, Alan Smith
Time periods: 1929, 1973, Seventies