| Evidence: | ?At length, "Robinson Crusoe" ? that ever-exciting day dream of boys ? fell in our way. I read it to him, as I had done the others, and for a long time both Sam?s ideas and mine were owned and fascinated by the descriptions of sea-dangers, shipwrecks, and lone islands with savages, and far-off countries teeming with riches and plenty.? |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Middleton county: Lancashire |
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| Reader: | Samuel Bamford |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 28 Feb 1788 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | son of muslin weaver and part-time teacher |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Friend named Sam |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Daniel Defoe |
| Title: | Robinson Crusoe |
| Genre: | Fiction, Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 7314 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Bamford | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Early Days | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1849 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 94-5 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Bamford, Early Days (London, 1849), p. 94-5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7314, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
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