American dream

Evening News - Scotland | April 21, 2003| | Copyright

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to build a statue of Robert Louis Stevenson, one of Capital's greatest literary figures, in New York's famous Central Park.

Edinburgh Lord Provost Eric Milligan kick-started the campaign on a visit to New York during this month's Tartan Day celebrations.

Now a string of Scottish societies in the United States are scrambling to complete Central Park's Literary Walk with a memorial to the famous writer.

Fans of the man behind Treasure Island are now calling on Mr Milligan to go one step further and install a Stevenson statue in his home city.

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