Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe & Will the Miskito Pirate, the Real Friday
Unlike the fictional character Robinson Crusoe from Daniel Defoe’s novel published in 1719, Alexander Selkirk wasn’t English, he was a young Scotsman.
Unlike the fictional character Robinson Crusoe from Daniel Defoe’s novel published in 1719, Alexander Selkirk wasn’t English, he was a young Scotsman.
I have been interested in survival stories all my life and since I was invited to write about survival about thirteen years ago, I have had the opportunity to research