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Selkirk's Island
by Souhami, Diana
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0297643851
- ISBN 13
- 9780297643852
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297643851 . Light wear to dustjacket, some scuffing bottom of front board. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8.5 X 5.7 X 1.2 inches; 246 pages; "When Alexander Selkirk was abandoned by his shipmates on the remote island of Juan Fernandez in 1704 he could not have know that he wouldn't see another human soul for four long years, could not have anticipated the lonely and fierce existence to which he had been condemned, nor could he have ever guessed that his plight - recreated in the form of Robinson Crusoe - would be immortalised by Daniel Defoe." .
Synopsis
Piracy and betrayal frame the epic story of solitary endurance that inspired Daniel Defoe's classic novel. Who was the real Robinson Crusoe? And what did he really experience during his solitary stay on a remote island in the Pacific? Diana Souhami's revelatory account of Alexander Selkirk's adventures on the high seas and dry land leads us to the answers to both these questions, and explores the reality behind the romance of privateering on the high seas. Born to a poor Scottish family, Selkirk signed on with an ill-fated quest to sack the famous Manila galleon, one of the richest prizes on the southern seas. After a series of misfortunes and disagreements among the crew, Selkirk was put ashore on an island three hundred miles west of South America, where he spent four years learning to survive with little more than his bare hands. Acclaimed biographer Diana Souhami evokes all the strangeness and wonder of his story and interprets the haze created by three centuries of literature and legend. The result is a brilliantly lucid and lyrical recovery and discovery of a forgotten man and his unforgettable experience.
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20421
- Title
- Selkirk's Island
- Author
- Souhami, Diana
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0297643851
- ISBN 13
- 9780297643852
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- 0297643851, Robinson crusoe, marooned, Alexander Selkirk
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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