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Across the Plains

on BBC Radio 4 FM

by ALANNA KNIGHT
An account of Stevenson's journey across America, taken from his letters and journal.
In pursuit of Fanny Osbourne , he undertook in August 1879 the rigours of many days spent in an emigrant train from New York to San Francisco. This was to lead to marriage with Fanny, which ended 14 years later, in the South Seas. With LOLLY COCKERELL, ANTHONY HYDE, SEAN ARNOLD and JOHN CHURCH
Directed by PAT TRUEMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Fanny Osbourne
Unknown:
Sean Arnold
Directed By:
Pat Trueman
Robert Louis Stevenson:
Brian Cox

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