IN SEARCH OF ROBINSON CRUSOE

Tim Severin

ISBN 10: 046507698X / ISBN 13: 9780465076987

Published by Basic Books, New York, 2002

About this Item

Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light foxing on text block edges.; 352 pages.

Seller Inventory # 334724

Bibliographic Details

• Title: IN SEARCH OF ROBINSON CRUSOE
• Publisher: Basic Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 046507698X
• ISBN 13: 9780465076987
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Adventure
  • Boating and Maritime
  • Exploration and Expeditions

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Synopsis

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 t

About the Author

Tim Severin has made a career of retracing the journeys of literary or historical figures in replica vessels. These experiences have been turned into a body of captivating and illuminating books, including The Brendan Voyage and In Search of Moby Dick. He has received numerous awards for exploration and geographic history, including the Founder's Medal of England's Geographic Society. When not traveling, he lives in County Cork, Ireland.