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Robinson Crusoe

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Author(s):Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s):Frederick Alfred Rhead
Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover
Publisher(s): Harper & Brothers
Year Published: 1921
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
American
British
Fiction - novel
Robinsonnade
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 362
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OCLC: 12883859

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First published is 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most recent editions have been abridged and some have had the religious themes suppressed. It gave birth the the genre of Robinsonade. Read online at Hathitrust.

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