In the track of R.L. Stevenson and elsewhere in old France

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Stevenson and elsewhere in old France. Hammerton then bicycled along the canals as originally detailed in "An Inland Voyage" (), Stevenson's first book.

Later chapters are less Stevenson-specific but also in France. Hammerton heavily quotes Stevenson and shows a wonderful eye for Author: John Alexander Hammerton.

This is one of the first "in the footsteps" of Robert Louis Stevenson, some of his best works were his auto-biographical travel journals. In Hammerton re-traced Stevenson's ten-day hiking trip ("Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes") through the Cevennes mountains in south-central France, except on a bicycle instead of a donkey, taking many Pages: Title: In the Track of R.

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Travels recounts Stevenson's day, kilometre ( mi) solo hiking journey through the sparsely populated and impoverished areas of the Cévennes mountains in south-central France in The terrain, with its barren rocky heather-filled.

An Inland Voyage () is a travelogue by Robert Louis Stevenson about a canoeing trip through France and Belgium in It is Stevenson's earliest book and a pioneering work of outdoor literature. As a young man, Stevenson desired to be financially independent so that he might pursue the woman he loved, and set about funding his freedom from parental support by.

Stevenson was born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland on 13 November to Thomas Stevenson (–), a leading lighthouse engineer, and his wife Margaret Isabella (born Balfour, –).

He was christened Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson. At about he changed the spelling of "Lewis" to "Louis", and he dropped "Balfour" in Notable works: Treasure Island, A Child's Garden.

In the Track of R. Stevenson and Elsewhere in Old France, by John Alexander Hammerton (Gutenberg ebook) Filed under: Cévennes Mountains (France) -- Description and travel. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (London: Chatto and Windus, ), by Robert Louis Stevenson, illust.

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Arrowsmith/ Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent. This book has not been seen so it is uncertain how far the author actually tried to follow the route] Hammerton, J.A.

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By W. G. Grace. With 45 Illustrations. IN THE TRACK OF R. L. STEVENSON and Elsewhere in Old France. By J. A. Hammerton. With 92 Illustrations. Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, 11 Quay Street.It was during his summer vacations from university that Stevenson found his niche in travel writing, with his earliest published works recounting his travels with fellow artists in France.

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