Post Haste (Annotated) (eBook, ePUB) - Michael Ballantyne, Robert
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This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Robert Michael Ballantyne, the Scottish master of the adventure genre for young people Originally published in 1880, “Post Haste” ( AKA Post Haste: A Tale of Her Majesty's Mails ) is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Michael Ballantyne.
“Post Haste” tells the story of Phillip Maylands and his friend George Aspel with an interesting portrayal of the British Post Office as it existed in the 19th century. In this fun adventure in merry, old England, the reader is taken back to the beginning days of the General Post-Office,…mehr

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  • This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Robert Michael Ballantyne, the Scottish master of the adventure genre for young people

Originally published in 1880, “Post Haste” ( AKA Post Haste: A Tale of Her Majesty's Mails) is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Michael Ballantyne.

“Post Haste” tells the story of Phillip Maylands and his friend George Aspel with an interesting portrayal of the British Post Office as it existed in the 19th century.
In this fun adventure in merry, old England, the reader is taken back to the beginning days of the General Post-Office, learning about the founding of the mail system. In the 1800’s, guaranteeing a letter to delivery was a bit of a challenge, as Phillip Maylands, his sister Mary, and their friend George Aspel quickly find out. Though the British Post-Office at this time delivered in good condition over fourteen hundred million letters, a half-dozen important ones addressed to Messr. Blurt and Co. are missing! Our friends must take on the role of detective to trace the mysterious disappearance...

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R. M. Ballantyne was a Scottish writer of young adult literature who produced more than a hundred books between 24 April 1825 and 8 February 1894. He was also a skilled artist; some of his watercolors were on display at the Royal Scottish Academy. The ninth of ten children and youngest son of Alexander Thomson Ballantyne (1776-1847) and his wife Anne, Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh on April 24, 1825. (1786-1855). Robert's uncle James Ballantyne (1772-1833) was Sir Walter Scott's printer, and Alexander worked as a newspaper editor and printer in the family business "Ballantyne & Co" based at Paul's Works on the Canongate. The family is documented to have resided at 20 Fettes Row in Edinburgh's northern New Town in 1832-1833. The Ballantyne printing company collapsed the next year with debts of £130,000 as a result of a UK-wide banking crisis, which caused a decrease in the family's finances. Ballantyne moved to Canada at the age of 16 and worked for the Hudson's Bay Company for five years. He traveled by canoe and sleigh to the regions that are now the provinces of Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec to trade with the local First Nations and Native Americans for furs; these experiences served as the inspiration for his book The Young Fur Traders.