Author: Glasgow (Scotland). Public LibrariesPublisher:
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 814
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Bulletin of Additions to the Libraries, Classified, Annotated and Indexed
Author: Glasgow (Scotland). Public LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Encyclopedia of the Essay
Author: Tracy ChevalierPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135314101
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
This groundbreaking new source of international scope defines the essay as nonfictional prose texts of between one and 50 pages in length. The more than 500 entries by 275 contributors include entries on nationalities, various categories of essays such as generic (such as sermons, aphorisms), individual major works, notable writers, and periodicals that created a market for essays, and particularly famous or significant essays. The preface details the historical development of the essay, and the alphabetically arranged entries usually include biographical sketch, nationality, era, selected writings list, additional readings, and anthologies
The Amateur Emigrant
Author: Robert Louis StevensonPublisher:
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Category : Authors, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Scottish Literary Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dialect literature, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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The Amateur Emigrant
Author: Robert Louis StevensonPublisher: Cosimo Classics
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
"For in emigration the young men enter direct by the shipload on their heritage of work; empty continents swarm, as at the bosun's whistle, with industrious hands, and whole hew empires are domesticated to the service of man." -Robert Louis Stevenson, The Amateur Emigrant The Amateur Emigrant from the Clyde to Sandy Hook (1895), by Robert Louis Stevenson is the first book (followed by Across the Plains and the Silverado Squatters) in a trilogy the author wrote about his journey from Scotland to California in 1879-1880. In this volume, he describes the first leg of his trip, made by ship from Europe to New York City. Stevenson depicts the crowded conditions he experienced in steerage with others who, like him, were poor and sick. At the conclusion, the author also offers his usual sharp-eyed observations, which, in this case are of New York and New Yorkers.
Union Catalogue of Additions to the Libraries Classified, Annotated and Indexed
Author: Glasgow (Scotland). Public LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
Book Description
A Stevenson Library: Addenda & corrigenda
Author: Yale University. LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
Author: Robert Louis StevensonPublisher: Cosimo Classics
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
On 23 September 1878 Stevenson set out from Le Monastier in the Haut Loire, to tramp through the wild region of the Cevennes. His only companion was a small donkey to carry basic necessities, and a commodious "sleeping sack". In the next 12 days, at a pace dictated by the donkey and carrying most of the supplies himself, he travelled 120 miles across rivers, mountains and forests. His stylish and witty account was published in 1879.
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