| 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 OUR PRICE: $10.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1975 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. |
| 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" (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. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |