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By R. C. Nidever

R.C. Nidever's novel relies at the actual tale of a California Indian lady left on my own on a distant island within the yr 1835 and the fellow who eventually chanced on her, George Nidever. in accordance with an analogous tale because the recognized publication for teenagers Island of the Blue Dolphins, yet informed even more thoroughly and from a very varied perspective.

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