Diana Souhami

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Selkirk's Island Harcourt, Oct 2002, 13.00, 246 pp. ISBN: 0156027178 In 1703 an aristocrat and a sea captain cut a deal to pillage the Manila galleon. In 1704, they set sail with one of the sailors being Alexander Selkirk, a poor Scot. Alexander and the officers, especially Captain Dampier, had several arguments. So the Captain marooned Selkirk on a remote South Seas Island three hundred miles from South America and now owned by Chile and renamed Isla Robinson...	View these reviews in summary mode Diana Souhami Message Board 2/17/2006 6:53:57 PM Talk about the novels, new and used books that Souhami has written!