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Kidnapped by
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bancroft edition
Book #185 - Price $5.99
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Hardcover book is in very good condition, pages are
crisp and clean and no stains. Pictorial cover shows minor signs of wear
along edges. Pages are off white /antique yellow color, printed like this to
appear old from the start. Book has been read once or twice. Not an
ex-library and not heavily worn. Spine still straight. Additional pictures
of condition are available. Book is 135 pages long. Size approx 5 1/2 by 8
inches. ISBN#? 430000758. 1974 edition.
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Book 13 in the series. Printed in Germany.
The classic adventure story of kidnap, shipwreck, murder and pursuit as
young David Balfour tries to claim the inheritance he has been cheated out
of.
About Robert Louis Stevenson: Stevenson was born Robert Lewis Balfour
Stevenson, in Edinburgh, Scotland, on November 13, 1850; when he was around
18 years old he changed the spelling of 'Lewis' to 'Louis'. His father was
Thomas Stevenson, and grandfather was Robert Stevenson, both distinguished
lighthouse keepers and inventors, as was his great-grandfather. It was from
this side of the family that he inherited his love of adventure, joy of the
sea and for the open road. His maternal grandfather, Lewis Balfour, was a
professor of moral philosophy and a minister, and it was in his house that
he spent the greater part of his boyhood. "Now I often wonder", says
Stevenson, "what I inherited from this old minister. I must suppose, indeed,
that he was fond of preaching sermons, and so am I, though I never heard it
maintained that either of us loved to hear them." From his mother, Margaret
Balfour, he inherited weak lungs (perhaps tuberculosis), that kept him
constantly in "the land of the counterpane" during the winter, where his
nurse spent long hours by his bedside reading from the Bible, and lives of
the old Covenanters. During the summer he was encouraged to play outside
proving to be a wild and care-free child and by the age of eleven his health
had improved so that his parents prepared him for the University of
Edinburgh by attending Edinburgh Academy, planning for him to follow his
father as a lighthouse keeper. During this period he read widely and enjoyed
especially Shakespeare, Walter Scott, John Bunyan and The Arabian Nights.
He entered the University of Edinburgh at age seventeen but soon discovered
he had neither the scientific mind nor physical endurance to succeed as an
engineer. When his father took him for a voyage he found - instead of being
interested in lighthouse construction - that his mind was teeming with
wonderful romances about the coast and islands which they visited. Although
his father was stern, he finally allowed him to decide upon a career in
literature.
A photo gallery of pictures from this book is shown below
as well as a description of the pictures. Any questions please
email me
aldergrove@ppowner.com
   
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