The amateur emigrant /

'The Amateur Emigrant', an autobiographical account of Stevenson's voyage from Scotland to California in 1879, is a rich and provocative work of late-Victorian travel writing and cultural criticism. It describes vividly how Stevenson mixed with 'steerage' passengers aboard a...

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Main Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 (Author)
Other Authors: Reid, Julia, 1974- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022
Series:New Edinburgh edition of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson
Oxford scholarly editions online
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