Travels with a donkey in the Cevennes

Description:

Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes recounts Robert Louis Stevenson's 120 mile, 12 day hike, accompanied only by his stubborn and unwieldy donkey, through the Cevennes 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."

subjects: 19th century,  Authors, Scottish,  Biography,  Description and travel,  France,  History,  Ocean travel,  Scots,  Scottish Authors,  Travel,  Cevennes mountains (france),  Voyages and travels,  Authors, biography,  Stevenson, robert louis, 1850-1894,  France, description and travel,  United states, description and travel,  Journeys,  Fourth of July orations,  Cevennes Mountains,  English Authors,  Nonfiction,  Trustee Collection

People: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

Places: Cévennes Mountains,  Cévennes Mountains (France),  France,  United States,  Cévennes Mountains Region,  Cévennes Mountains Region (France),  Cévennes (France)

Times: 19th century