Saved by the Lifeboat
- ISBN-10
- 1981604871
- ISBN-13
- 9781981604876
- Series
- Saved by the Lifeboat
- Pages
- 52
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-12-15
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Robert Michael Robert Michael Ballantyne
Description
Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 - 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy.Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh on 24 April 1825, the ninth of ten children and the youngest son, to Alexander Thomson Ballantyne (1776-1847) and his wife Anne (1786-1855). Alexander was a newspaper editor and printer in the family firm of "Ballantyne & Co" based at Paul's Works on the Canongate,
