Across The Plains: With Other Memories And Essays
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Condition: Poor to Fair. Jacket: No dust jacket — cloth/board binding present, darkened and worn spine, age-toned boards. Page Condition: Yellowed and tanning throughout, consistent with age. Markings: previous owner Binding: Appears intact but aged.
A landmark collection of personal essays and travel writing, Across the Plains: With Other Memories and Essays chronicles Robert Louis Stevenson's overland journey by emigrant train from New York to California in the early 1880s, alongside a rich assortment of reflective prose pieces. Written with the observational precision and lyrical warmth that define Stevenson's non-fiction, the title essay presents a vivid first-hand account of the American frontier, its landscapes, and the diverse communities of migrants who crossed it. The accompanying essays range across memory, mortality, morality, and the literary life, illustrating Stevenson's remarkable versatility as a thinker and stylist. Candid, humane, and frequently witty, the collection stands as an essential companion to his better-known fiction, revealing the mind behind the adventure stories with uncommon clarity and grace.
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Poor to Fair. Jacket: No dust jacket — cloth/board binding present, darkened and worn spine, age-toned boards. Page Condition: Yellowed and tanning throughout, consistent with age. Markings: previous owner Binding: Appears intact but aged.
A landmark collection of personal essays and travel writing, Across the Plains: With Other Memories and Essays chronicles Robert Louis Stevenson's overland journey by emigrant train from New York to California in the early 1880s, alongside a rich assortment of reflective prose pieces. Written with the observational precision and lyrical warmth that define Stevenson's non-fiction, the title essay presents a vivid first-hand account of the American frontier, its landscapes, and the diverse communities of migrants who crossed it. The accompanying essays range across memory, mortality, morality, and the literary life, illustrating Stevenson's remarkable versatility as a thinker and stylist. Candid, humane, and frequently witty, the collection stands as an essential companion to his better-known fiction, revealing the mind behind the adventure stories with uncommon clarity and grace.
