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Author:

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.

Title:

Kidnapped : being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751: how he was kidnapped and cast away ; his sufferings in a desert isle ; his journey in the Wild Highlands ; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites ; with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-called : written by himself / and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publisher:

Charles Scribner's Sons,

Copyright Date:

1886

Description:

xi, 324, [16] pages, [1] folded leaf : map ; 20 cm

Subject:

Kidnapping--Juvenile fiction.
Uncles--Juvenile fiction.
Castaways--Juvenile fiction.
Inheritance and succession--Juvenile fiction.
Jacobites--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Adventure stories.
Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction.
Scotland--History--18th century--Juvenile fiction.
Oncles--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Naufragés--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Successions et héritages--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Jacobites (Histoire de Grande-Bretagne)--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Amitié--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Voyages--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Écosse--Histoire--18e siècle--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Adventure stories.
Castaways.
Friendship.
Inheritance and succession.
Jacobites.
Kidnapping.
Uncles.
Voyages and travels.
Scotland.
1700-1799
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Publishers' catalogues--1886.

Other Authors:

Charles Scribner's Sons. pbl
J.J. Little & Co. prt

Notes:

Publisher's catalogue precedes and follows text.

Summary:

After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, sixteen-year-old David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)21861087

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)