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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Createspace Independent Pub
Publication date
December 15, 2015
Pages
142
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781522744863
ISBN-10
152274486X
Dimensions
0.32 by 6 by 9 in.
Original list price
$7.65
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: An Inland Voyage (1878) is a travelogue by Robert Louis Stevenson about a canoeing trip through France and Belgium in 1876. It is Stevensonâs earliest book and a pioneering work of outdoor literature. As a young man, Stevenson desired to be financially independent so that he might pursue the woman he loved, and set about funding his freedom from parental support by writing travelogues, the three most prominent being An Inland Voyage, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879) and The Silverado Squatters (1883). Voyage was undertaken with Stevensonâs Scottish friend Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, mostly along the Oise River from Belgium through France, in the Fall of 1876 when Stevenson was 26 years old. The first part, in Belgium, passed through heavily industrial areas and many canal locks, proving to be not much of a vacation. They then went by rail to France, starting downriver at Maubeuge and ending at Pontoise, close to the Seine. The route itinerary has become a popular route for modern travelers to re-enact with guidebooks and maps available. Stevenson (named âArethusaâ in the book after his canoe) and Simpson (called âCigaretteâ along with his canoe) each had a wooden canoe rigged with a sail, comparable in style to a modern kayak, known as a âRob Royâ. They were narrow, decked, and paddled with double-bladed paddles, a style that had recently become popular in England, France, and neighboring countries, inspired by Scottish explorer John MacGregorâs book A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe (1866).
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