If you're familiar with the area (Sacramento/Napa/San Francisco) and can picture everything perfectly—down to the weather, wildlife (or lack thereof!), and wind patterns—you'll find this a particular delight, as I did. Replete with Stevenson's humor, really enjoyable.

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Being originally from Northern California, I enjoyed these essays about Stevenson’s time on Mount St. Helena and the early times of Calistoga. Otherwise, I would probably recommend his adventure novels be read in front of this collection.

Clever, funny, descriptive ... Not a honeymoon I'd envy, but a wonderful description to make you feel you were there.

Interesting view on early California history. The place seemed so small then.

Short, interesting little book about the Napa/Sonoma area in the late nineteenth century.

This book is somewhat of travel memoir for Robert Louis Stevenson who spent about one year in California before returning to Europe (and ultimately Samoa, where he died & is buried). It is a story of Stevenson and his new bride "squatting" in the abandoned housing of an old mine, the Silverado. The

Honestly I do not believe this story deserves such a low rating as three stars. Nonetheless I have given such an appraisal simply because the story was uninteresting to me.
Robert Louis Stevenson's writing is amazing, and flows with something like a poetic air. However, the tale he wove with these w