Travels with a Donkey in the Cï¿½vennes and the Amateur Emigrant

Name: Travels with a Donkey in the Cï¿½vennes and the Amateur Emigrant
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ISBN: 9780141439464

ISBN-10: 0141439467

ISBN-13: 9780141439464

Edition: 2004

Authors: Robert Louis Stevenson, Christopher MacLachlan, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson

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In 1878 Robert Louis Stevenson escaped from his numerous troublespoor health, tormented love, inadequate fundsby embarking on a journey through the Cvennes in France, accompanied by Modestine, a rather single-minded donkey. The notebook Stevenson kept during this time became Travels with a Donkey in the Cvennes, a highly entertaining account of the French and their country. The Amateur Emigrantdescribes his travels to and around America: the crowded weeks in steerage, the cross-country train journey. Filled with sharp-eyed observations, it brilliantly conveys Stevensons perceptions of America and the Americans. Together, these writings reveal as much about the traveler as the places he…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/25/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550



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