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Joan Tapper is the former editor of Islands magazine. Alone on a desert island. That’s been a favorite subject of fantasies, stories, vacation promotions and cartoons--not to mention a Tom Hanks movie ...

Fortunately, for Selkirk’s sake and world literature’s, he accepted his fate, survived, and upon his return to England, inspired one of the world’s great tales of self-reliance and courage, Daniel ...

The moment Alexander Selkirk saw the Cinque Ports sailing away, he knew he'd made a mistake. He ran into the sea, but it was too late – the ship's captain, Thomas Stradling, wouldn't take him back.

The tale of Robinson Crusoe, loosely based on the real life experiences of castaway Alexander Selkirk, has been told for hundreds of years, since Daniel Defoe’s 1719 epistolary novel. But what if ...

A stunning home with links to Daniel Defoe and the real-life Robinson Crusoe has been put up for sale for more than £3million. Villa Crusoe was built in the early 1920s by the wealthy Wade family from ...

The tale of Robinson Crusoe, loosely based on the real-life experiences of castaway Alexander Selkirk, has been told for hundreds of years, since Daniel Defoe's 1719 epistolary novel. But what if ...

'The Wild Life' features the voices of Yuri Lowenthal and David Howard. 2 stars out of 4 The tale of Robinson Crusoe, loosely based on the real life experiences of castaway Alexander Selkirk, has been ...