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This 19th century author of adventure novels suffered from tuberculosis & moved to the South Seas for his health, dying in Samoa |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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$1,200 |
J |
ALL ABOUT AUTHORS |
2024-01-04 |
#9009 |
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Before it was published in book form, his "Treasure Island" appeared in a magazine under the pseudonym Captain George North |
Stevenson
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$400 |
DJ |
PEN NAMES |
2022-10-10 |
#8716 |
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Describing a book he was writing in 1881: "it's all about a map, and a treasure, and a mutiny, and a derelict ship" |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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$400 |
DJ |
LETTERS FROM AUTHORS |
2020-10-05 |
#8251 |
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"Kidnapped" |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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$400 |
DJ |
3-NAME THE AUTHOR |
2018-01-25 |
#7684 |
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After his death in Samoa, this Scotsman's body was taken to a plot atop Mount Vaea |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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$600 |
J |
AUTHORS' PLOTS |
2014-04-07 |
#6811 |
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Captain George North was the pseudonym this author first used for "Treasure Island" |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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$800 |
J |
AUTHORS |
2013-07-31 |
#6663 |
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Born in Scotland in 1850; died in Samoa in 1894 |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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$1,600 |
DJ |
AUTHORS: BORN & DIED |
2013-06-14 |
#6630 |
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He followed up "Kidnapped" with a sequel called "Catriona" that didn't fare quite as well |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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$200 |
J |
3-NAMED AUTHORS |
2012-05-21 |
#6381 |
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This "Treasure Island" author's "Silverado Squatters" was based on the journal he kept on his honeymoon |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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$400 |
DJ |
BRITISH AUTHORS |
2011-05-16 |
#6151 |
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii) When this Scottish-born author took refuge in Samoa, he was known as Tusitala, or "story-teller" |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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$2,000 |
DJ |
AUTHOR-ITATIVE INFORMATION |
2003-07-10 |
#4359 |
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(Jeff Probst in the Marquesas.) In 1888 this adventure author & his wife Fanny spent about three weeks on Nuku Hiva |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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$1,200 |
DJ |
3-NAMED AUTHORS |
2002-07-08 |
#4126 |
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The Samoans gave him the title "Tusitala", or "Teller of Tales" |
Robert Louis Stevenson
DD
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$400 |
J |
AUTHORS |
2000-03-24 |
#3590 |
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This "Kidnapped" author wrote about a real journey he made in "Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes" |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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$400 |
DJ |
AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS |
1997-02-17 |
#2876 |
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You can't "Hyde" the fact this Scottish novelist qualified as a lawyer in 1875 |
Stevenson
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$600 |
DJ |
LAWYER—AUTHORS |
1996-09-23 |
#2771 |
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The Samoans built a road to this novelist's house called “The Road of the Loving Heart” |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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$800 |
DJ |
BRITISH AUTHORS |
1994-05-02 |
#2236 |