Question: Mark Twain as a young boy age approx. 20 years old went to work in Keokuk, Iowa. Robert Stevenson (father) Of Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson the author and writer of Treasure Island a romantic fiction story. Did Robert Stevenson have any personal contact with Mark Twain in those days? Since we are aware that Robert Stevenson (father) was a civil engineer noted as a builder of 40' or so Lighthouses thru-out the coast lines.Of course we know Mark Twain was a young lad at the time with only 20 years of age. Exploring different techinques of writing , those American books, "Life in the Mississippi (1883). There is still today in America a deception of the where abouts of young Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (son)at that time growing up. Was Stevenson(son) kidnapped at the Bell Rock lighthouse by young Mark Twain? Do we have in the history and life of Mark Twain some official correspondence of these events? Do we know if Mark Twain had a professional interest in Lighthouses throught-out his literality life-blood work that Great Britain can proof in documents? I am very interested in these three literally guys and what they meant to each other! Tutuila