Underwoods
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson's poems for adults, written in English and in Scots, including the famous Requiem: Home is the sailor, home from sea. Personal verse about friends, illness and home.
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- Songs of Travel and Other Verses
Poems about the open road and the longing for Scotland, written during his travels and his last years in Samoa. Includes The Vagabond and Bright is the Ring of Words, later set to music by Vaughan Williams.
Verified PDF · Secure download - Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes
In 1878 Stevenson walked 120 miles through the mountains of southern France with a stubborn donkey named Modestine. One of the first great books about hiking, funny and honest.
Verified PDF · Secure download - An Inland Voyage
Stevenson's first book: a canoe trip with a friend along the rivers and canals of Belgium and northern France in 1876. Light, observant travel writing from a young author finding his voice.
Verified PDF · Secure download - In the South Seas
His account of sailing through the Marquesas, the Tuamotus and the Gilbert Islands from 1888, with close portraits of island life, chiefs and customs. Written by the traveler who would settle in Samoa.
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