Great Northern?

Great Northern?
Typical cover art depicting a montage of Arthur Ransome's own illustrations from the book
AuthorArthur Ransome
Cover artistArthur Ransome
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSwallows and Amazons series
GenreChildren's books
PublisherJonathan Cape
Publication date
1947
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hard and paperback)
ISBN1-56792-259-7 (David R. Godine, Publisher: paperback, 2009)
OCLC54026728
Preceded byThe Picts And The Martyrs 
Followed byCoots in the North 

Great Northern? is the twelfth and final completed book of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. It was published in 1947. In this book, the three families of major characters in the series, the Swallows (the Walker family), the Amazons (the Blackett sisters) and the Ds (the two Callums), are all reunited in a book for the first time since Pigeon Post. This book is set in the Outer Hebrides and the two familiar Ransome themes of sailing and ornithology come to the fore.