Across America on an emigrant train
By: by Jim Murphy ; illustrated with photographs and prints.
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 -- Travel -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.; Railroad travel -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Authors, Scottish -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Railroads -- History.; United States -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Description and travel.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.[139]-144) and index.