Forgotten Vintage Children's Lit We Want Republished! discussion
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I had a look on the internet and it seems that The Silver Kingdom is the UK title of The Undersea Treasure, which is the US title. The White Dragon was the title used in both the UK and the US. There are a couple of copies of The Silver Kingdom for sale on Abebooks, though not particularly cheap.
The information came from the Cal Maritime Library website: www.library.csum.edu
That's odd, becuase the Kirkus review says " A second (The Silver Kingdom- 1960) subdued adventure story finds Mark visiting a cousin in that part of England known as The Fens where mention of the White Worme by Defoe engages his interest in archaeological-antiquarian research" But like you I found evidence for The Silver Kingdom being Undersea Treasure....https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/cul... Like you said, Len, it's not cheap, so I won't be reading it any time soon.....
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Will it go well alongside Fen Runners, I wonder..?! :) Maybe I'll compare and contrast them back-to-back...
He is also the author of John of Dover, which I have seen but reject as boring looking historical fiction for no good reason, and The Undersea Treasure, the first book about Mark, which I would like to read but which seems utterly unobtainable, though since it was reviewed by Kirkus and isn't all that old there should be copies kicking around the US https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re.......