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terrycurtis14's review against another edition
2.0
The actual trip was interesting but after Monterey I had to give up.
susanlawson's review against another edition
4.0
RLS is by far my favourite writer. This little collection of non- fiction includes Across The Plains, an account of his journey across America, mainly by rail. He is a fascinated observer of what we might now term, 'The Wild West' and gives us an unromanticised version of the 'melting pot' of the USA, where immigrants and natives are treated like an underclass by the white overlords. I wish I had known him. He seems smart, kind and tolerant, for a man of his time.
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