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The Amateur Emigrant

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

Read by Annise

The Second Cabin

Early Impressions

Steerage Scenes

Steerage Types

The Sick Man

The Stowaways

Personal Experience and Review New York

Total running time: 2:48:38

Catalogued 2009-06-29 Recording of a public-domain text

16:37 18:12 16:31 23:52 20:01 28:55 24:38 19:52

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The Amateur Emigrant

The Amateur Emigrant by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

In July 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson left Scotland to meet his future wife in her native California. Leaving by ship from Glasgow, Scotland, he determined to travel in steerage class to see how the working classes fared. At the last minute he was convinced by friends to purchase a ticket one grade above the lowest price, for which he was later thankful after seeing the conditions in steerage, but he still lived among the ‘lower’ classes. His comments on the experience make interesting reading. His father however was so shocked at the thought of his son associating with people ‘beneath him’ that the work was not published for a number of years. (Summary by Annise)

Read by Annise. Total running time: 2:48:38

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Cover design by Yagan (inspiration of “Sandy Hook”). This design is in the public domain.