The dog Crusoe : a tale of the western prairies, [ca. 1860].

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The dog Crusoe : a tale of the western prairies, [ca. 1860].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81899796

Holograph manuscript, with corrections, of a children's novel. Editions of the novel have been published under the titles The Dog Crusoe and The Dog Crusoe and His Master.

1 item (286 leaves) ; 33 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8272514

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Ballantyne, R.M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

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Robert Michael Ballantyne was born into a well-to-do Edinburgh literary family. His father was a newspaper publisher and his uncle was the publisher of Sir Walter Scott. The family lost their money in 1841, and Robert became apprenticed as a clerk with the Hudson Bay Fur Company in Canada. This gave him a taste for adventure and ideas for his later career as a writer, painter, and lecturer back in Britain. Ballantyne wrote over forty books, mostly adventure books for children. From t...