Anthony F. Franco
Calder, Jenni.
Robert Louis Stevenson: A Life Study
. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980.
The most recent in a tradition of excellent biographies on Stevenson, this highly readable and
critical view of his life details all the facets in Stevenson’s background that contributed to his development as a writer.
Chesteron, G.K.
Robert Louis Stevenson
. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1928.
The first of the Stevenson biographies. Endless background information.
Daiches, David.
Robert Louis Stevenson
. Norfolk, Ct.. New Directions, 1947.
Along with Furnas the standard biography of Stevenson.
DeFoe, Daniel.
A General History of the Pyrates
. Edited by Manuel Schonhorn, Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 1972.
A classic written during the Golden Age of piracy by a master chronicler. Essential background information.
Franco, Anthony F. and Gorman, Benjamin A. “
VIEW: Visual
Inquiry/Experience in Writing
”, Vol. II, New Haven, Ct.: Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, 1980.
A teaching unit detailing how one comes to “know” an object. An essential tool complete with lesson plans that encourage students to find the more accessible treasures of their heritage.
Furnas, J.C.
Voyage to Windward
.
The Life of Robert
Louis Stevenson
. New York: William Sloan Associates, 1951.
The classic biography of Stevenson. Essential reading for all.
Glaus, Marlene.
Good and Right and Beautiful
. Rockford, Ill.: Giant Photos, Inc., 1971.
A teacher’s guide to the use of art in the classroom. Several of Stevenson’s poems are discussed.
Hobsbawm Eric.
Bandits
(Revised Edition). New York: Pantheon Books, 1981.
A recent and pertinent view of the different types of social bandits which have plagued mankind.
Rankin, Hugh F.
The Golden Age of Piracy
. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1969.
Historical information detailing the height of piratical activities in the early l8th century.
Wallachinsky, David and Wallace, Irving.
The People’s
Almanac #2
. New York: Bantam, 1978.
Interesting and varied information concerning both Stevenson and buried treasure.