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Life of Colonel Jack: Another Robinson Crusoe is a novel written by Daniel Defoe and published in 1891. The book tells the story of Colonel Jack, a young man who is born into poverty in seventeenth-century London. He is forced to turn to a life of crime to survive, and he becomes... Read Full Overview

Colonel Jack follows an orphaned boy from a life of poverty and crime to colonial prosperity, military and marital imbroglios, and religious conversion, driven by a problematic notion of becoming a "gentleman." Colonel Jack prominently tackles the subjects of money and crime... Read Full Overview

Beginning in the alleyways of London and ending in the plantations of Virginia, Colonel Jack offers a vivid recollection of a life of crime, marital disaster, political adventurism, and penitent prosperity. The novel's elusive hero has been compared to Oliver Twist, Lucky Jim... Read Full Overview

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

Life of Colonel Jack: Another Robinson Crusoe is a novel written by Daniel Defoe and published in 1891. The story follows the life of a young man named Jack, who is born into poverty in 17th century England. Jack's father is a thief and his mother is a prostitute, and he is forced... Read Full Overview

""Life of Colonel Jack: Another Robinson Crusoe"" is a novel written by Daniel Defoe and published in 1891. The book tells the story of a young man named Jack who is born into poverty and becomes a thief in order to survive. He is eventually caught and sent to prison, where he... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honorable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack is a novel written by Daniel Defoe. The book is a fictional autobiography of a man named Colonel Jack, who is born into poverty in seventeenth-century England. Despite his humble... Read Full Overview

The History and Remarkable Life of the truly Honourable Col. Jacque, commonly call'd Col. Jack, who was Born a Gentleman, put 'Prentice to a Pick-Pocket, was Six and Twenty Years a Thief, and then Kidnapp'd to Virginia, Came back a Merchant; was Five times married to Four... Read Full Overview