Papers, 1876-1893.

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Papers, 1876-1893.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39813100

Collection consists of manuscripts, five letters from Ballantyne to various persons, a letter by Ballantyne to the Rev. J.C. Westley, and a scrapbook with pictures of Ballantyne, clippings about him, and an article copied by Westley about Ballantyne. Manuscripts include Dusty diamonds cut and polished : a tale of city-Arab life and adventure; The garret and the garden : or, low life high up; Hunted and harried : a tale of the Scottish Covenanters; Post haste : a tale of Her Majesty's mails; Under the waves : or, diving in deep waters; and The walrus hunters : a romance of the realms of ice.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7417155

University of California, Los Angeles

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Ballantyne, R.M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

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Robert Michael Ballantyne was born into a well-to-do Edinburgh literary family. His father was a newspaper publisher and his uncle was the publisher of Sir Walter Scott. The family lost their money in 1841, and Robert became apprenticed as a clerk with the Hudson Bay Fur Company in Canada. This gave him a taste for adventure and ideas for his later career as a writer, painter, and lecturer back in Britain. Ballantyne wrote over forty books, mostly adventure books for children. From t...