The Garret and the Garden

by Robert Michael Ballantyne

Overview

Reproduction of the original: The Garret and the Garden by R.M Ballantyne

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481858755
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/28/2012
Pages:	78
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.19(d)

About the Author

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,