Kidnapped (Penguin Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson memory book coupled with endearing and sometimes

coupled with endearing and sometimes humbling anecdotes from her own life story

--Ken McGoogan

and sea-cucumbers

the death of a parent will find some solace

Kidnapped (Penguin Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson memory book coupled with endearing and sometimesAt once a rollicking adventure story and an earnest political allegory Orphaned and penniless, David Balfour sets out to find his last living relative, miserly and reclusive Uncle Ebenezer. But Ebenezer is far from welcoming, and David narrowly escapes being murdered before he is kidnapped and imprisoned on a ship bound for the Carolinas. When the ship is wrecked, David, along with the fiery rebel Alan Breck, makes his way back across the treacherous