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Treasure Islands: Sailing the South Seas in the Wake of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Islands Sailing the South Seas in the Wake of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson Author:Pamela Stephenson Best-selling biographer, clinical psychologist, ex-comedienne, wife of Billy Connolly, Pamela Stephenson now adopts a new guisehistorian, sailor, and circumnavigator of the globe.This is the story of two resourceful women. The one, biographer and psychologist Pamela Stephensonthe other, Fanny Stevenson, intrepid wife of Robert Louis.... more » Both married to maverick Scots, both in search of adventure, both drawn to the coral islands, lagoons, natives, and customs of the South Seas. A love of Joseph Conrad, a desire to escape the travails of an LA lifestyle, and a fascination with Fanny all inspired Pamela's voyage to the other side of the world. Her encounters with the perils of the sea, the islanders, and latter-day pirates all make for marvelous readingtravel, adventure, history, and biography all rolled into one.« less