Robert Louis Stevenson The Samoans insisted on surrounding his body with a watch-guard during the night and on bearing him on their shoulders to nearby Mount Vaea, where they buried him on a spot overlooking the sea on land donated by British Acting Vice Consul Thomas Trood. Stevenson had always wanted his Requiem inscribed on his tomb: Stevenson was loved by the Samoans, and his tombstone epigraph was translated to a Samoan song of grief. Half of Stevenson's original manuscripts are lost, including those of "Treasure Island", "The Black Arrow," and "The Master of Ballantrae". His heirs sold his papers during World War
Fanny Stevenson Vaea. The bronze plaque for Fanny bears her Samoan name 'Aolele' ("Flying Cloud" in Samoan). The actress Aline Towne played Fanny in the 1958 episode, "The Great Amulet," of the syndicated television anthology series, "Death Valley Days", hosted by Stanley Andrews. The episode focuses on Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson, a role played by Don Reardon. The "Great Amulet" is revealed at the conclusion of the episode. The Cruise of the Janet Nicol (1914 - published posthumously) Fanny Stevenson Frances (Fanny) Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson (10 March 1840 – 18 February 1914) was an American magazine writer. She