| Stevenson: Travels in Hawaii Paper Contributor(s): Stevenson, Robert Louis (Author), Day, A. Grove (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0824813979 ISBN-13: 9780824813970 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1991 Annotation: Travels in Hawaii brings together many of the diverse works from a romantic interlude in the career of this famous writer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - West - Pacific (ak, Ca, Hi, Or, Wa) - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - History | Oceania |
| Dewey: 919.690 |
| LCCN: 91002351 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.18" W x 8.48" (0.72 lbs) 250 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Hawaii |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1899 a chartered yacht, the Casco, brought to Honolulu Robert Louis Stevenson and his family. The writer was then already at the height of his popularity in Europe and the United States. He spent the next six months and another, shorter period in 1893 in the Hawaiian Islands, participating in the life of the royal crowd and enjoying the best health of a lifetime plagued with illness. Travels in Hawaii brings together many of the diverse works from a romantic interlude in the career of this famous writer. |
Contributor Bio(s): Day, A. Grove: - A. Grove Day was a leading authority on the literature of the Pacific. |