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In search of Robinson Crusoe / Tim Severin.
LIBRA G530.S42 S48 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Severin, Timothy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721.
- Selkirk, Alexander.
- Survival--Juan Fernández Islands.
- Survival.
- Shipwreck survival--Juan Fernández Islands.
- Shipwreck survival.
- Survival at sea--Juan Fernández Islands.
- Survival at sea.
- Airplane crash survival--Juan Fernández Islands.
- Airplane crash survival.
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe--Sources.
- Defoe, Daniel.
- Physical Description:
- 333 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Robinson Crusoe
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2002]
- Summary:
- With his signature approach to literary sleuthing, Tim Severin retraces the footsteps of castaways and pirates to discover the inspiration behind Daniel Defoe's brilliant creation, Robinson Crusoe. Insightful travel writing, riveting narrative history, and clever scholarly discoveries make this a remarkably rich and varied book. Tim Severin has once again demonstrated a superb ability to bring together literature and adventure in an engrossing narrative.
- Contents:
- Chapter I Maroon 1
- Chapter II Isla Robinson Crusoe 23
- Chapter III Moskito Man 99
- Chapter IV Painted Man 181
- Chapter V Salt Tortuga 239
- Chapter VI Crusoe Found 323.
- ISBN:
- 046507698X
- OCLC:
- 49822899
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