1850-1894

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1850-1894

Across America on a train

1993
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. Includes archival photographs.

Kidnapped

1997
Presents adapted selections from Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped" and reproducible comprehension and vocabulary activity sheets.

The loss of the brig

2011
David Balfour and his companion aboard "The Covenant," Alan Stewart, have survived the attack of the ship's crew and all seems well until the ship strikes a reef and David is thrown overboard.

The end of the quest

2011
David and Alan have found shelter at the cottage of Duncan Dhu of the Maclarens in order for David to recover from his illness, but Robin Oig, son of the notorious Rob Roy, shows up to renew an old quarrel.

Approaches to teaching the works of Robert Louis Stevenson

2013
Provides strategies for teaching the writings of Robert Louis Stevenson, offering suggestions for resources to use in the classroom.

Death in the forest

2011
Retells, in comic book format, Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of sixteen-year-old David Balfour who, after being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.

Robert Louis Stevenson's The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

2014
A graphic novel retelling of the classic story of Dr. Jekyll, a respectable London doctor who develops a potion that transforms him into a criminal known as Mr. Hyde.

Across America on an emigrant train

2003
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.

Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island

2014
A graphic-novel retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's story, in which young Jim Hawkins discovers an old treasure map, sets out on a harrowing voyage to a faraway island, and soon learns that dangerous men are seeking the same treasure.

Under the wide and starry sky

a novel
2013
Tells the story of the uncoventional affair between Fanny Van de Grift, who ran away with her children to escape her philandering husband, and Robert Louis Stevenson, who was trying to escape the pressures from his family to become a lawyer.

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