The Amateur Emigrant, by Robert Louis Stevenson

Definitive modern edition of Stevenson’s intriguing account of his emigration from Scotland to California The Amateur Emigrant , an autobiographical account of Stevenson’s voyage from Scotland to California in 1879, is a rich and provocative work of late-Victorian travel writing and cultural criticism. It describes vividly how Stevenson mixed with ‘steerage’ passengers aboard an Atlantic steamship and experienced the indignities of a transcontinental emigrant train. The Amateur Emigrant engages