R. M. Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 - February 8, 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born 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.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	July 24, 2018
ISBN13	9781724218438
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	208
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 11 mm · 285 g
Language	English

Show all

More by Robert Michael Ballantyne

More from this series

See all of Robert Michael Ballantyne ( e.g. Paperback Book , Hardcover Book , Book and CD )