Name: A Lady's Life In The Rocky Mountains von Isabella L. Bird
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A Lady's Life In The Rocky Mountains Zusammenfassung

A Lady's Life In The Rocky Mountains Isabella L. Bird

'There never was anybody who had adventures as well as Miss Bird' SPECTATOR

'Venture deep into the Colorado wilderness, and you will find her long-lasting legacy in the community of people choosing to live a life without limits' RUBY WAX, GUARDIAN

'This book is an unputdownable record of a truly astounding journey' DERVLA MURPHY, IRISH TIMES

Born in 1831, Isabella, daughter of a clergyman, set off alone to the Antipodes in 1872 'in search of health' and found she had embarked on a life of adventurous travel. A year later she took a solo trip from San Francisco to the Rocky Mountains.

'I dreamt of bears so vividly I woke with a furry death-hug at the my throat, but feeling quite refreshed.' The intrepid journeys of the indefatigable Miss Bird are relayed here in the delightful letters she wrote to her sister. They tell of 'truly grand' isolated wilderness and abundant wildlife, of small remote townships of her encounters with rattlesnakes, wolves and grizzly bears and her reactions to the volatile passions of the miners and pioneer settlers.

A Lady's Life In The Rocky Mountains Bewertungen

Venture deep into the Colorado wilderness, and you will find her long-lasting legacy in the community of people choosing to live a life without limits . . . Isabella inspired a generation of Victorian women to dare to be bold, and her spirit lives on -- Ruby Wax * Guardian *
There never was anybody who had adventures as well as Miss Bird * Spectator *
This book is an unputdownable record of a truly astounding journey -- Dervla Murphy * Irish Times *
The adventure inspired her travel book, A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, which became my bible as we revered this incredible woman in the Colorado wilderness -- Ruby Wax * Guardian *
A forty-something British woman rode for 800 miles through the Rockies, consorting with pioneers, consumptives and desperadoes as she went. The result was A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, an instant bestseller at the time, and a classic of travel literature to this day * Independent *
There never was anybody who had adventures as well as Miss Bird * SPECTATOR *
This book is an unputdownable record of a truly astounding journey * Dervla Murphy, Irish Times *

Über Isabella L. Bird

Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904), the daughter of a clergyman, grew up in Tattenhall, Cheshire. Early in life, she suffered from a spinal compliant and in 1854 she was sent by her doctor to America and Canada to improve her health. She continued to suffer from back trouble, insomnia and depression until, at the age of forty, she set off for Australia and Hawaii where her health miraculously improved. She wrote Six Months in the Sandwich Islands (1875) and climbed the world's largest volcano. In 1873, Isabella Bird set off for the Rocky Mountains; her letters were published in Leisure Hour in 1878 and later published in this edition in 1879. In 1881 Isabella married Dr John Bishop, who died in 1886. Other journeys led to Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (1880), The Golden Chersonese (1885), Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan (1891), Among the Tibetans (1894), Korea and Her Neighbours (1898) and The Yangtze Valley and Beyond (1899). Isabella Bird died in Edinburgh in 1904.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR001912509

ISBN 13

9780860682677

ISBN 10

0860682676

Titel

A Lady's Life In The Rocky Mountains Isabella L. Bird

Autor

Isabella L. Bird

Serien

Virago Modern Classics

Zustand

Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

Little, Brown Book Group

Datum

19820708

Anzahl der Seiten

320

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N/A

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