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Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes

By Stevenson , Robert Louis

Book information

Publisher
Duke Classics
Year
2012
ISBN
9781620111314, 1620111314
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
320 kB (327855 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes recounts Robert Louis Stevenson's 120 mile, 12 day hike, accompanied only by his stubborn and unwieldy donkey, through the Cévennes of south-central France. A pioneering piece of outdoor literature, it is one of Stevenson's earliest works, and one of the earliest accounts of hiking and camping for recreation rather than necessity. Stevenson's route is still popular today; recently when asked why the Scotsman still informs the identity of the Cevennes, a politician and historian of the area remarked "Because he showed us the landscape that makes us who we are."

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