The Amateur Emigrant, The Silverado Squatters and The Silverado Diary

The Amateur Emigrant, The Silverado Squatters and The Silverado Diary is a collection of three travelogues by the renowned Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The first book, The Amateur Emigrant, is a personal account of Stevenson's journey from Scotland to America in 1879. The book provides a vivid description of the hardships and challenges faced by emigrants during that era. The second book, The Silverado Squatters, is a memoir of Stevenson's stay in a mining camp in California's Napa Valley. The book explores the author's fascination with the American West and his interactions with the local people. The third book, The Silverado Diary, is a journal that Stevenson kept during his stay in the Napa Valley. It provides an intimate look into the author's daily life and his observations of the surrounding landscape. Overall, this collection of travelogues offers a fascinating insight into the life and times of Robert Louis Stevenson and his travels in America.1925. Volume IV of the South Seas Edition. Stevenson is best remembered for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Here is a real American book. Stevenson comes to our shores as an emigrant, crosses the country with observing eyes, and delights us with pictures of days as a squatter in Silverado. Here are nameless characters we cannot forget, bits of nature description we like to read again and again, and touches of humanity that reveal the author as one gifted with rare sympathy and understanding. If we were compelled to relinquish any of Stevenson�������s books this would be one of the last we should give up! Contents: The Amateur Emigrant; The Old and New Pacific Capitals; The Silverado Squatters; and The Silverado Diary. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.