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Marooned the strange but true adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe

Marooned on a South Pacific island, Alexander Selkirk survived in complete solitude for more than four years. After his rescue in 1709 he became the real-life model for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kraske, Robert
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Clarion Books, c2005.
Subjects:	Selkirk, Alexander, > 1676-1721 > Juvenile nonfiction. Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. > Juvenile nonfiction. Defoe, Daniel, > 1661?-1731. > Robinson Crusoe > Sources > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	Marooned on a South Pacific island, Alexander Selkirk survived in complete solitude for more than four years. After his rescue in 1709 he became the real-life model for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.
Physical Description:	120 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118) and index.
ISBN:	0618568433 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Robert Andrew Parker is a fine artist and printmaker whose work often appears in publications such as The New Yorker . His numerous children's books include To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers , Across the Blue Pacific: A World War II Story , and Grandfather Tang's Story . He lives in West Cornwall, Connecticut. Robert Kraske has written 16 previous books for young readers, among them Harry Houdini: Master of Magic (Scholastic). This is his first for Clarion. He lives in Stillwater, Minnesota.