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In the autumn of 1873, Isabella Bird embarked by rail from San Francisco‘s east bay, bound for the Colorado Rockies. A challenging journey, it drove Bird to the utmost physical effort and initiated her lifelong career in what today is called adventure travel. More than one hundred twenty years after…
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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
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282 pages
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15 December 1975
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Summary
In 1872, Isabella Bird, daughter of a clergyman, set off alone to the Antipodes ‘in search of health’ and found she had embarked on a life of adventurous travel. In 1873, wearing Hawaiian riding dress, she rode her horse through the American Wild West, a terrain only newly opened to pioneer settlement. The letters that make up this volume were first published in 1879. They tell of magnificent, unspoiled landscapes and abundant wildlife, of encounters with rattlesnakes, wolves, pumas and grizz…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780806113289 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0806113286 |
| Series: | The Western Frontier Library Series |
| Author: | Daniel J. Boorstin, Isabella L. Bird |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Imprint: | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 282 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 1975 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 190mm x 127mm x 20mm |
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Daniel J. Boorstin
Isabella Bird was perhaps the most prolific and popular female traveller and writer of the nineteenth century.
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