| In Search of Robinson Crusoe Contributor(s): Severin, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465076998 ISBN-13: 9780465076994 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - History |
| Dewey: 996.18 |
| LCCN: 2011380359 |
| Lexile Measure: 1180 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.46" W x 7.98" (0.80 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
