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First, while robinson crusoe can be called fiction, it was written at a moment of. Pirates, shipwrecks, and being stranded on an island doesnt stop robinson crusoe in his quest for adventure on the high seas. Daniel defoe illustrated hardcover books for sale ebay. He was involved in a series of violent storms at sea and was warned by the captain that he should not be a seafaring man. While few now know that the book had sequels let alone read them, and not many. Book summary robinson crusoe, as a young and impulsive wanderer, defied his parents and went to sea.
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