This is the sparkling record of the haphazard six-thousand-mile odyssey that twenty-five-year-old Stevenson made in pursuit of his future wife, Fanny. The two had met and fallen in love during a trip to France, but when Fanny's first husband called her home to California, Stevenson soon followed from Scotland. The sickly Stevenson first made a turbulent Atlantic crossing, like so many nineteenth-century immigrants, as a steerage passenger in a steamer of dubious seaworthiness. After a frenetic stopover in New York City, he embarked on a two-week, three-thousand-mile trip across the continent - the fastest and cheapest way then possible - by emigrant train. Finally arriving in the frontier town of San Francisco to win Fanny over, he was quickly captivated by California. Stevenson's often hilarious impressions of the young country, its rambunctious and colourful inhabitants, and the still-untamed continent are among his most vivid writings.
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Hardback Editions
1977 : Hardback
| Title: THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT: Part 2: America: The Emigrant Train. Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson Publisher: Lewis Osborne Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2012 : Paperback
| Title: The Amateur Emigrant... Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson ISBN: 1-277-74221-9 / 978-1-277-74221-3 Publisher: Nabu Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 2007 : Paperback
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August 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Amateur Emigrant: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson ISBN: 1-4250-3806-9 / 978-1-4250-3806-9 (USA edition) Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 2007 : Paperback
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January 2006 : Paperback
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March 2002 : Paperback
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December 1998 : Paperback
| Title: The Amateur Emigrant Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson ISBN: 0-7867-0572-8 / 978-0-7867-0572-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 1984 : Paperback
| Title: The Amateur Emigrant Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson ISBN: 0-7012-1912-2 / 978-0-7012-1912-3 (UK edition) Publisher: The Hogarth Press Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
2006 : Audio CD
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November 1988 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Amateur Emigrant. Introduction By Jonathan Raban Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson ISBN: 0-7366-1434-6 / 978-0-7366-1434-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
April 2009 : Kindle edition
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June 2008 : Kindle edition
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April 2002 : Kindle edition
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1925 : Unknown
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