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The Silverado Squatters (1883) is a travel memoir by Robert Louis Stevenson of his two-month honeymoon trip with Fanny Vandegrift (and her son Lloyd Osbourne) to Napa Valley, California, in 1880.
- Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson
- 1883
Stevenson devotes much of Silverado Squatters to describing the beautiful landscape of the Napa Valley region. He is fascinated by the sea fogs that blot out the country. He also describes the flora and fauna, in particular the surprising abundance of rattlesnakes.
29 de ene. de 2013 · There were four of us squatters—myself and my wife, the King and Queen of Silverado; Sam, the Crown Prince; and Chuchu, the Grand Duke. Chuchu, a setter crossed with spaniel, was the most unsuited for a rough life.
1 de may. de 1996 · The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
- Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson
- Strong, J. D. (Joseph Dwight), 1853-1899
- 1883
- The Silverado Squatters
18 de jun. de 2007 · The Silverado squatters. by. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Publication date. 1883. Topics. California -- Description and travel, Napa County (Calif.) -- Description and travel, Calistoga (Calif.) -- Description and travel. Publisher. London, Chatto and Windus.
30 de ene. de 2003 · Robert Louis Stevenson's unconventional 1880 honeymoon in an abandoned silver mining camp on the shoulder of Mount St. Helena provides the backdrop for this wonderful...
Silverado (1888) tells the story of the newlywed Stevensons' trip to Silverado. Stevenson writes of their journey from San Francisco up the Napa Valley to Calistoga and then up the mountain to their goal. He describes their neighbors, and recounts tales of the town in its glory days as a silver mining camp.
