Robert Louis Stevenson 
Across the Plains 

Across the Plains is the novel that will definitely keep you involved with the journey of the emigrant, as presented by the author. The minute details of the contemporary American towns and country has the power to nostalgically amuse and hanker for more of it. The movement of the emigrant train, the plains of Nebraska, the deserts of Wyoming, etc present a picture that is very hard to erase from the memory, for the observation of the author is so versatile that even a layman can steal his share as a reader. Across the Plains is considered one of the all time best novels by the author.