{"product_id":"2940150856295","title":"Fast in the Ice","description":"R.M. Ballantyne Author profile\u003cbr\u003eborn Edinburgh, Scotland, The United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003egendermale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewww.DelmarvaPublications.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeywords:\u003cbr\u003eKindle, kindle free, boys, ballantyne, adventure, christian, Boys adventure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Tale Of Adventure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout this author edit data\u003cbr\u003eR. M. Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFast in the Ice: Adventures in the Polar Region\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne day, many years ago, a brig cast off from her moorings, and sailed from a British port for the Polar Seas. That brig never came back. Many a hearty cheer was given, many a kind wish was uttered, many a handkerchief was waved, and many a tearful eye gazed that day as the vessel left Old England, and steered her course into the unknown regions of the far north.","brand":"Delmarva Publications, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109689377008,"sku":"2940150856295","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150856295_p0.jpg?v=1763755238","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150856295","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}