The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe: A Narrative Founded on Facts (Classic Reprint)

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Having quarrelled with his captain, and having had a dream that his ship would be wrecked, be resolved to quit it, and was set on shore at the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez. He had scarcely left the boat, when he sorely repented, and he never heard a sound more dismal than their parting oars.

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