The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson
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"The Silverado Squatters" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a travel memoir published in 1883. It recounts his unconventional 1880 honeymoon with Fanny Vandegrift in California's Napa Valley. Broke and recovering from illness, the couple squatted in an abandoned mining camp bunkhouse on Mount Saint Helena, enduring primitive conditions including rattlesnakes and hauling water by hand. Stevenson's observations capture late 19th-century California life, from experimental vineyards to petrified forests, while his detailed notes
on the surrounding landscape later influenced "Treasure Island." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Strong, J. D. (Joseph Dwight), 1853-1899 |
| Title | The Silverado Squatters |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silverado_Squatters |
| Credits | Transcribed from the 1906 Chatto & Windus edition by David Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States |
| Subject | California -- Description and travel |
| Subject | Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 -- Travel -- California |
| Subject | Calistoga (Calif.) -- Description and travel |
| Subject | Napa Valley (Calif.) -- Description and travel |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 516 |
| Release Date | May 1, 1996 |
| Last Update | Jan 29, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 676 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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