TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES AND THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT

In 1878 Robert Louis Stevenson escaped from his numerous troubles-?poor health, tormented love, inadequate funds-?by embarking on a journey through the C+?vennes in France, accompanied by Modestine, a rather single-minded donkey. The notebook Stevenson kept during this time became Travels with a Donkey in the C+?vennes, a highly entertaining account of the French and their country. The Amateur Emigrant describes his travels to and around America: the crowded weeks in steerage, the cross-country train journey. Filled with sharp-eyed observations, it brilliantly conveys Stevenson-?s perceptions of America and the Americans. Together, these writings reveal as much about the traveler as the places he travels to.