Resourcefulness

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557. Resourcefulness

  1. Buck clever and temerarious dog perseveres in the Klondike. [Am. Lit.: Call of the Wild ]
  2. Crichton, Admirable butler proves to be infinite resource for castaway family on island. [Br. Lit.: The Admirable Crichton ]
  3. Crusoe, Robinson inventive when shipwrecked on an island. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe ]
  4. duck from ingeniousness of duck in .eluding enemies. [Heraldry: Halberts, 26]
  5. Fogg, Phileas burns his boats superstructure and decks for fuel and thus reaches London on time. [Fr. Lit.: Jules Verne Around the World in Eighty Days ]
  6. Swiss Family Robinson shipwrecked family carves hospitable life from wilderness. [Childrens Lit.: Swiss Family Robinson ]
  7. Thoreau, Henry David (18171862) example of mans ability to build his own life in the wilderness. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2738]

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