Eldorado Or Adventures In Path Of Empire vs The Silverado Squatters: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Ethnic groups, Zamorano 80, California, Description and travel, Travel
Eldorado Or Adventures In Path Of Empire
Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) was already a well-established writer when he traveled to California as special correspondent for the New York Tribune in the summer of 1849. On his return to New York, Taylor established…
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The Silverado Squatters
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) traveled to California in 1879 in pursuit of Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne, the Oakland woman with whom he had fallen in love in France. The two were married in the spring of 1880 and…
The verdict
- The Silverado Squatters is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 8 for Eldorado Or Adventures In Path Of Empire.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Eldorado Or Adventures In Path Of Empire | The Silverado Squatters | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.4 (330) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (19) |
Reception
| Eldorado Or Adventures In Path Of Empire | The Silverado Squatters | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 330 |
| Editions | 42 | 53 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 391 |
| Reading it now | — | 72 |
| Written reviews | — | 49 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 221 |
| Pages | 470 | 112 |