Robert Louis Stevenson - The Silverado Squatters
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798695649345
- Pages
- 120
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-10-09
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Description
On 22 May 1880, RLS and Fanny Stevenson left for their honeymoon in the Napa Valley region of California (accompanied by Fanny's son Lloyd Osbourne). Stevenson later described their travels in Silverado Squatters.In Calistoga RLS uses a telephone for the first time. He also visits a petrified forest and samples Napa Valley wine. In his travels through the region, RLS meets a variety of interesting characters: other Scots abroad, for example, and Mr Kelmar who is wholly preoccupied with making money.Includes a biography of the author.
