An American Robinson Crusoe

An American Robinson Crusoe

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AN AMERICAN ROBINSON CRUSOE
FOR AMERICAN BOYS AND GIRLS
THE ADAPTATION, WITH ADDITIONAL INCIDENTS
BY
SAMUEL B. ALLISON, Ph.D.

CONTENTS
I Robinson with His Parents II Robinson as an Apprentice III
Robinson's Departure IV Robinson Far from Home V The Shipwreck
VI Robinson Saved VII The First Night on Land VIII Robinson on an
Island IX Robinson's Shelter X Robinson Makes a Hat XI Robinson's
Calendar XII Robinson Makes a Hunting Bag XIII Robinson Explores
the Island XIV Robinson as a Hunter XV Robinson's Shoes and Parasol
XVI Getting Fire XVII Robinson Makes Some Furniture XVIII

Robinson Becomes a Shepherd XIX Robinson Builds a Home for His
Goats XX Robinson Gets Ready for Winter XXI How Robinson Lays
up a Store of Food XXII Robinson's Diary XXIII Robinson is Sick
XXIV Robinson's Bower XXV Robinson Again Explores His Island
XXVI Robinson and His Birds XXVII Robinson Gets Fire XXVIII
Robinson Makes Baskets XXIX Robinson Becomes a Farmer XXX
Robinson as Potter XXXI Robinson as Baker XXXII Robinson as
Fisherman XXXIII Robinson Builds a Boat XXXIV Robinson as a
Sailor XXXV A Discovery XXXVI The Landing of the Savages
XXXVII Robinson as Teacher XXXVIII Another Shipwreck XXXIX
Saving Things from the Ship XL The Return of the Savages XLI
Deliverance at Last XLII Robinson at Home

PREFATORY NOTE
"An American Robinson Crusoe" is the outcome of many years of
experience with the story in the early grades of elementary schools. It
was written to be used as a content in giving a knowledge of the
beginning and development of human progress. The aim is not just to
furnish an interesting narrative, but one that is true to the course of
human development and the scientific and geographical facts of the
island on which Robinson is supposed to have lived.
The excuse for departing so widely from the original story is to be
found in the use which was desired to be made of it. The story here
presented is simply the free adaptation of the original narrative to the
demand for a specific kind of content in a form which would be
interesting to the children.
The teacher is and should be justified in using with entire freedom any
material accessible for the ends of instruction.
The text as here given has been published with an introduction and
suggestive treatments as a Teacher's Manual for Primary Grades--"The
Teacher's Robinson Crusoe." Explicit directions and ample suggestions
are made for the use of the story as material for instruction in all the

language arts, drawing, social history, and the manual arts.
Published by the Educational Publishing Company.

AN AMERICAN ROBINSON CRUSOE

I
ROBINSON WITH HIS PARENTS
There once lived in the city of New York, a boy by the name of
Robinson Crusoe. He had a pleasant home. His father and mother were
kind to him and sent him to school. They hoped that he would study
hard and grow up to be a wise and useful man, but he loved rather to
run idle about the street than to go to school. He was fond of playing
along the River Hudson, for he there saw the great ships come and go.
They were as big as houses. He watched them load and unload their
cargoes and hundreds of people get off and on. His father had told him
that the ships came from far distant lands, where lived many large
animals and black men. His