Treasured Islands: Cruising the South Seas with Robert Louis Stevenson

ISBN-10: 1422350193
ISBN-13: 9781422350195
Series: Treasured Islands
Pages: 281
Language: English
Published: 2006-03
Author: Lowell D. Holmes

Description

Like many sailors before & since, the South Sea islands haunted & inspired legendary author Robert Louis Stevenson. Lowell Holmes' account of Stevenson's Pacific wanderings is an enchanting mix of high seas adventure & a fresh view of the fragile writer & his eccentric but devoted family as they search for an island utopia that will restore the writer's failing health. Holmes describes Stevenson's fascination & respect for the island cultures. This is a superbly written account, based upon painstaking research & newly discovered documentation of Stevenson's final years. Holmes allows the reader to see 19th-century Samoa through Stevenson's eyes, & why he came to love the people & their islands. Black & white photos.