Travels in Hawaii
Author | : Robert Louis Stevenson |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2021-05-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780824843663 |
ISBN-13 | : 0824843665 |
Rating | : 4/5 (665 Downloads) |
Download or read book Travels in Hawaii written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.