Amazon

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Amazon is the small sailing boat featured in Arthur Ransome’s children’s novel "Swallows and Amazons," crewed by the adventurous Blackett sisters.

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Amazon (Arthur Ransome boat) 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional sailing boat
literary character
allianceWith Swallow (Arthur Ransome boat) NERFINISHED
appearsIn Swallows and Amazons NERFINISHED
associatedWith Swallows crew NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Arthur Ransome NERFINISHED
crewMember Nancy Blackett NERFINISHED
Peggy Blackett NERFINISHED
depictedAs small sailing dinghy
fictionalUniverse Swallows and Amazons series NERFINISHED
firstAppearance novel Swallows and Amazons
genre adventure fiction
hasHomeWaters Lake in the English Lake District
hasOwnerInStory Blackett family NERFINISHED
hasSetting fictionalized Lake District
languageOfWork English
medium children’s literature
namedAfter Amazons (mythological warrior women) NERFINISHED
narrativeRole central object of play and adventure
operatedBy Blackett sisters NERFINISHED
rivalryWith Swallow (Arthur Ransome boat) NERFINISHED
skipper Nancy Blackett NERFINISHED
symbolizes adventure
imagination
independence
targetAudienceContext child protagonists
usedFor camping expeditions
make-believe piracy
sailing

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Penthesilea (in later tradition) ethnicity Amazon
subject surface form: Penthesilea
Arular hasPart Amazon