Islands : from Atlantis to Zanzibar / Steven Roger Fischer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fischer, Steven R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When Lost's Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 crashed, the survivors found themselves on a seemingly deserted island. In Defoe's novel, Robinson Crusoe spends twenty-eight years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, while in the movie Castaway Tom Hanks survives over four years on a South Pacific island. And Jurassic Park kept its dinosaur population confined to an island off the coast of Central America. Islands often find themselves at the center of imagined worlds, secluded and sometimes mystical locales filled with strange creatures and savage populations. The cann

Contents:

Islands Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Preface; 1. . . . of Stone and Sand; 2. . . . of Ferns and Feathers; 3. . . . of First Footprints; 4. . . . of Tin and Tans; 5. . . . of First Nations; 6. . . . of Moons and Sixpence; 7. . . . of Palettes and Pipes; 8. . . . of theMind; 9. The Last Isle; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780230535

1780230532

9781299191044

1299191045

OCLC:

828792661