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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains: Volume 14 Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Bird, Isabella L. (Author), Boorstin, Daniel J. (Introduction by)

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ISBN: 0806113286     ISBN-13: 9780806113289
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 1975
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Annotation: 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 their first publication, Isabella Bird's letters to her sister continue to thrill readers with their account of the then-untamed and largely unknown American mountain wilderness.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- History | United States - 19th Century
Dewey: B
LCCN: 60008748
Series: Western Frontier Library
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 4.9" W x 7.49" L (0.63 lbs) 282 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Cultural Region - Plains
- Cultural Region - Southwest U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Colorado
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
Features: Illustrated, Index, Maps
 
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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 grizzly bears, and her reactions to the volatile passions of the miners and pioneer settlers. A classic account of a truly astounding journey.

 
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