Daniel Defoe
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following the success of Robinson Crusoe, Defoe composed a further tale of high adventure at sea. The result was this lesser-known work, an inspired and hugely enjoyable "first-hand" account of pirate life. In response to an alleged letter accusing him of the worst possible deeds, Captain Avery pens a reply seeking to exonerate himself from all such charges. He sees fit to provide a full account of life as captain of a pirate ship. Yet far from being...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1969.
Physical Desc
xxv, 284 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The classic tale about the pirate who sailed from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, probing into the remotest parts of far east Asia. The dramatic narration of the hazardous journeys are more than travel-narrative, as there is an examination of the human predicament--man's vulnerability to sin under the pressure of circumstances, and his innate craving for redemption and divine grace.
12) The best known works of Daniel Defoe: including Robinson Crusoe and A journal of the plague year
Author
Publisher
Book League of America
Pub. Date
[1942]
Physical Desc
518 pages 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Printers Row Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
351 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1659, after becoming the sole survivor of a shipwreck, Englishman Robinson Crusoe lives on a deserted island for more than twenty-eight years.
Publisher
Distributed by BFS Video
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 190 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Moll is a headstrong woman whose lowly station in 18th century London leaves her in the most dire of circumstances forcing her into a lifestyle that could easily break her spirit. Her story involves husbands and numerous lovers, shocking family secrets, and travels to bustling London and the New World's Virginia. Moll's dangerous misdeeds stretch from sexual adventures to criminal acts, leaving her with a price on her head as she strives to triumph...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1974]
Edition
[1st American ed.].
Physical Desc
78 p. chiefly illus. 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
Many of Robinson Crusoe's adventures, told in his "own" words, illustrated with his "own" sketches as recorded in his journal and sketchbook supposedly unearthed years later in an old Scottish manor house.
Author
Series
Oxford bookworms library. Stage 2 volume 16
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
56 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 552 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book.
Language
English
Description
The ultimate battle for survival begins as Robinson Crusoe sets sail for the New World. A dangerous onboard attack finds Crusoe stuck on a remote tropical island with only the assistance of his native friend Friday to help him prepare for his journey back home. Explore the perils and challenges facing the castaways as they struggle to survive on a desert island with little more than their wits, overcoming marauding militias, hungry cannibals, wild...
