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Travels with a Donkey in France at Orono Library
Florence D. Reid notes Orono Public Library received Robert Louis Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey. The 1878 journey across the French Alps region is recounted with details about his sleeping bag invention and the purchase of a donkey named Madvestire, including Father Adam's tear at parting.
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Department of Ducation
Toronto
Orono
Robert Louis Stevenson
Evernes Mountains
France
Stevenson
Florac
St. Jean du Gardi
Father Adam
Monstier