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The Silverado Squatters

The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson. I had this book lined up for a trip I did last year to Napa Valley but was only able to finish this year. Stevenson is known for the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. He lived in the Bay Area and spent some time in Mount Saint Helena in the Napa Valley region in hopes to alleviate his breathing problems. He occupied an abandoned (i.e. squatted) lodging in the mountains around the Silverado mine and describes his interacion with locals around the area. I enjoyed his poetic depictions of the surrounding landscape.

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This entry was parsed from an older retrospective post.