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Person Detail: Robert Louis Stevenson
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| Full Name: Robert Louis Stevenson | ||
| Biography: (1850-1894) Poet, writer. "Treasure Island" (1883), stayed at the Stevens Hotel on E. 11th Street in Manhattan in 1888. In the winter of 1887-88, Stevenson came to Saranac Lake seeking treatment for tuberculosis. During the winter he worked on "The Master of Ballantrae" (1889).He collaborated with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne to write "The Wrong Box" (1889). |
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| 1887 |
Essex County Stevenson suffered from tuberculosis throughout his lifetime. In his search for a suitable climate he spent a year in Saranac Lake, New York, a village divided between Essex and Franklin Counties. |
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| 1887 |
Franklin County Stevenson suffered from tuberculosis throughout his lifetime. In his search for a suitable climate he spent a year in Saranac Lake, New York, a village divided between Essex and Franklin Counties. |
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| 1888 |
New York County Stayed in Manhattan, New York City, NY Stevenson stayed at the Stevens Hotel on E. 11th Street in Manhattan in 1888. |
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| 1850 |
(Unknown) County Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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| 1894 |
(Unknown) County Stevenson died of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home in what is now Samoa. |
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| 1889 |
(Unknown) County "The Wrong Box" A novel written in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. |
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| 1889 |
(Unknown) County "The Master of Ballantrae" |
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| 1886 |
(Unknown) County "Kidnapped" |
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| 1883 |
(Unknown) County "Treasure Island " A swashbuckling adventure story of a search for Captain Kidd's buried treasure. |
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