The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of Fork, Mariner, who Lived Twenty-eight Years in an Uninhabited Island on the Coast of America, Near the Mouth of the Great River Oronoque: With an Account of His Deliverance Thence, and His After Surprising AdventuresJ. Taylor, 1789 - 315 pages |
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