Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes - 9781977571335

Travels recounts Stevenson's 12-day, 200-kilometre (120 mi) solo hiking journey through the sparsely populated and impoverished areas of the C?vennes mountains in south-central France in 1878.[1] The terrain, with its barren rocky heather-filled hillsides, he often compared to parts of Scotland. The other principal character is Modestine, a stubborn, manipulative donkey he could never quite master. It is one of the earliest accounts to present hiking and camping outdoors as a recreational activity. It also tells of commissioning one of the first sleeping bags, large and heavy enough to require a donkey to carry.

• • Author: Robert Louis Stevenson, Mybook
• • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Sep 23, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 136 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1977571336
• • ISBN-13: 9781977571335