In Search Of Robinson Crusoe
de Tim Severin
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 046507698X
- ISBN 13
- 9780465076987
- Librería
-
Brossard, Quebec, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Basic Books, New York, 2002. First edition. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket, very light edge wear on dust jacket, else fine.
For nearly three centuries, Robinson Crusoe has been the archetypal castaway, the symbol of survival in uninhabited wilds. In this book, Tim Severin adds this enterprising hero to the roster of legendary figures whose adventures he's replicated and whose origins he's explored. With the signature approach to literary and historical sleuthing that has led the New York Times to describe him as "original, audacious, and exuberant," Severin uncovers the seaman's world that captured Daniel Defoe's imagination, recounting dramatic survival stories of sailors, pirates, castaways, and native Americans and replicating their journeys to experience for himself the adventures that inspired Robinson Crusoe. He camps on islands that famous castaways once survived on, undertakes a perilous sea voyage, and searches Nicaragua and Honduras for the Miskutu Indians, the tribe that the model for Crusoe's companion, Friday, belonged to. Tim Severin has once again demonstrated a superb ability to bring together literature, history and adventure in an engrossing narrative.
For nearly three centuries, Robinson Crusoe has been the archetypal castaway, the symbol of survival in uninhabited wilds. In this book, Tim Severin adds this enterprising hero to the roster of legendary figures whose adventures he's replicated and whose origins he's explored. With the signature approach to literary and historical sleuthing that has led the New York Times to describe him as "original, audacious, and exuberant," Severin uncovers the seaman's world that captured Daniel Defoe's imagination, recounting dramatic survival stories of sailors, pirates, castaways, and native Americans and replicating their journeys to experience for himself the adventures that inspired Robinson Crusoe. He camps on islands that famous castaways once survived on, undertakes a perilous sea voyage, and searches Nicaragua and Honduras for the Miskutu Indians, the tribe that the model for Crusoe's companion, Friday, belonged to. Tim Severin has once again demonstrated a superb ability to bring together literature, history and adventure in an engrossing narrative.
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- Librería
- Shop-books.ca (CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- In Search Of Robinson Crusoe
- Autor
- Tim Severin
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 046507698X
- ISBN 13
- 9780465076987
- Editorial
- Basic Books
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 2002
- Palabras clave
- used books, discount books
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Travel Literature; First Editions; Non-Fiction;
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