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The Amateur Emigrant

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The Amateur Emigrant (in full: The Amateur Emigrant from the Clyde to Sandy Hook) is Robert Louis Stevenson's travel memoir of his journey from Scotland to California in 1879-1880. [1]

10 relations: Across the Plains (book), California, Emigration, Fanny Stevenson, Glasgow, New York City, Project Gutenberg, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Silverado Squatters, Travel literature.

Across the Plains (book)

Across the Plains (1892) is the middle section of Robert Louis Stevenson's three-part travel memoir which began with The Amateur Emigrant and ended with The Silverado Squatters.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Emigration

Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere.

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Fanny Stevenson

Frances (Fanny) Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson (10 March 1840 – 18 February 1914) was the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson and mother of Isobel, Samuel Lloyd Osbourne, and Hervey Stewart Osbourne.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks".

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer.

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The Silverado Squatters

The Silverado Squatters (1883) is Robert Louis Stevenson's travel memoir of his two-month honeymoon trip with Fanny Vandegrift (and her son Lloyd Osbourne) to Napa Valley, California, in 1880.

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Travel literature

The genre of travel literature encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amateur_Emigrant

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