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A Book at Bedtime

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The Amateur Emigrant by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON abridged in five episodes by TREVOR ROYLE
Read by Paul Young (1)
In 1879 the young Stevenson left Scotland, at odds with his family and in anxious pursuit of his future wife. He sailed the Atlantic on an emigrant ship and crossed America by emigrant train.
This is his classic account of that passage to the New World. Producer PATRICK RAYNER BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Unknown:
Trevor Royle
Read By:
Paul Young
Producer:
Patrick Rayner
Source: Radio Times

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