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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045

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The Real Robinson Crusoe, Alexander Selkirk

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include ancient Greek thinkers--Parmenides, Demosthenes, Euclid; William Lloyd Garrison and the National Anti-Slavery Convention; 19th and 20th century philosophers, sociologists, theologians and essayists--Bertrand Russell, Walter Rauschenbusch, Kierkegaard, N.F.S. Brundtvig, Frederik Sibbern, Hans Lassen Martensen, Oscar Wilde; science and invention--sunspots, paper making, aviation; and the shipwreck adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe. (summary by Sue Anderson) Learning to Fly by William James Jackman was co-authored by Thomas Herbert Russell and Octave Chanute. Sibbern, Martensen, and Kierkegaard by Fredrika Bremer was translated by Mary Howitt. The Seerest of Prevost, Frederica Hauffe, by Justinus Kerner was translated by Catherine Crowe.

Listen next episodes of Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045:
Reading After Thirty , Sibbern, Martensen, and Kierkegaard , Some Explanations in Reply to Mr. Bradley , The Seerest of Prevost, Frederica Hauffe , The Sun-Spots of August 1916 , The Teaching of Euclid , Unto Me