The real life of Alexander Selkirk surpassed Crusoe’s in almost every aspect. But then I may be biased. You see, poor Alex—pirate, lout and hero—was not in fact born with the name Selkirk, but with an ...
Selkirk's Island: The True and Strange Adventures of the Real Robinson Crusoe by Diana Souhami (Harvest, $13). There really was a real Robinson Crusoe whose life inspired Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel.
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