The Silverado Squatters (Paperback)

by Robert, Louis Stevenson (Author) "THE scene of this little book is on a high mountain..." (more)
Key Phrases: Toll House, Mount Saint Helena, Lake County (more...)

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In 1880 Stevenson and his new bridge traveled by ferries, trains and carts to Calistoga, California, where he encountered a pioneer wilderness of curious characters, an unprofitable mine, and a rugged country filled with eagles and bears. This will prove an excellent travel story recommended for high school readers of some of Stevenson's other works, who want to round out traditional Stevenson titles. -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
The scene of this little book is on a high mountain. There are, indeed, many higher; there are many of a nobler outline. It is no place of pilgrimage for the summary globe-trotter; but to one who lives upon its sides, Mount Saint Helena soon becomes a center of interest. It is the Mont Blanc of one section of the Californian Coast Range, none of its near neighbors rising to one-half its altitude. It looks down on much green, intricate country. It feeds in the spring-time many splashing brooks. From its summit you must have an excellent lesson of geography: seeing, to the south, San Francisco Bay, with Tamalpais on the one hand and Monte Diablo on the other; to the west and thirty miles away, the open ocean; eastward, across the corn-lands and thick tule swamps of Sacramento Valley, to where the Central Pacific railroad begins to climb the sides of the Sierras; and northward, for what I know, the white head of Shasta looking down on Oregon. . . .

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Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Aegypan (September 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159818539X
• ISBN-13: 978-1598185393
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #587,076 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)