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We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea

We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea is the seventh book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. It was published in 1937. In this book, the Swallows are the only recurring characters. They are staying in a new location, Pin Mill on the River Orwell upstream from the ports of Felixstowe and Harwich.


“Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.”

We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (Title page and Chapter 2), 1937

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