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The Silverado Squatters (1883) is a travel memoir by Robert Louis Stevenson of his two-month honeymoon trip with Fanny Vandegrift (and her son Lloyd Osbourne) to Napa Valley, California, in 1880. Background. In July 1879, Stevenson received word that his future American wife's divorce was almost complete, but that she was seriously ill.
Jan 29, 2013 · There were four of us squatters—myself and my wife, the King and Queen of Silverado; Sam, the Crown Prince; and Chuchu, the Grand Duke. Chuchu, a setter crossed with spaniel, was the most unsuited for a rough life.
Stevenson devotes much of Silverado Squatters to describing the beautiful landscape of the Napa Valley region. He is fascinated by the sea fogs that blot out the country. He also describes the flora and fauna, in particular the surprising abundance of rattlesnakes.
May 1, 1996 · The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
Jun 18, 2007 · The Silverado squatters. by. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Publication date. 1883. Topics. California -- Description and travel, Napa County (Calif.) -- Description and travel, Calistoga (Calif.) -- Description and travel. Publisher. London, Chatto and Windus.
Silverado (1888) tells the story of the newlywed Stevensons' trip to Silverado. Stevenson writes of their journey from San Francisco up the Napa Valley to Calistoga and then up the mountain to their goal.
The Silverado squatters, Summary. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) traveled to California in 1879 in pursuit of Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne, the Oakland woman with whom he had fallen in love in France. The two were married in the spring of 1880 and honeymooned in a cabin at Silverado, a mining ghost town on Mt. St. Helena.
