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WoWasis book review: About Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe

By herbrunbridge Posted in Culture & History, Hawaii/Pacific, Literature, Nature & Wildlife , | 1 Comment »

Crusoe, of course, was a fictional character created by Daniel Defoe, who published his book in 1719. But his story was partly inspired by the true story of a man who was marooned on an uninhabited island. Diana Souhami’s Selkirk’s Island: The True and Strange Adventures of the Real Robinson Crusoe (2001, ISBN 0-15-100526-5) tells […]

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