Kidnapped : being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751 : how he was kidnapped and cast away, his sufferings in a desert isle, his journey in the wild Highlands, his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites : with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so called

Date:

1944.

Author:

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH S848 K5 1944 LOCAL

Publisher:

Charles Scribner's Sons

Abstract:

After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, sixteen-year-old David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.

Physical Description:

xii, 289 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm

Notes:

Special Collections' copy has dust jacket. LOCAL

Subjects:

Kidnapping Juvenile fiction, Sailors Juvenile fiction, Youth Scotland Juvenile fiction, Adventure stories, Adventure stories, Kidnapping, Sailors, and Youth

Genres/Forms:

History, Fiction, and Juvenile works

Chronological Terms:

1700-1799 fast

Geographic Terms:

Scotland History 18th century Juvenile fiction and Scotland