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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Women were scarce enough in the West of the late nineteenth century, and a middle-aged English lady traveling alone, by horseback, was a real phenomenon. It was during the autumn and early winter of 1873 that Isabella Bird made this extended tour of the Rocky Mountain area of Colorado guided by desperado Mountain Jim. This book contains letters to her sister detailing her experiences during this travel. -- from back cover
The Englishwoman in America (1856) by Isabella Bird (Original Classics)
Isabella Lucy Bird married name Bishop (1831 - 1904) was a nineteenth-century English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist. With Fanny Jane Butler she founded the John Bishop Memorial hospital in Srinagar. She was the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Bird was born on 15 October 1831 at Boroughbridge Hall, Yorkshire, the home of her maternal grandmother. Her parents were the Reverend Edward Bird and his second wife Dora Lawson.[1] Isabella moved several times during her childhood. Boroughbridge was her father's first curacy after taking orders in 1830, and it was here he met Dora.
Englishwoman in America
The English traveler explores New England and the Mid-west, commenting on social mores and politics.
Letters to Henrietta
The legendary Victorian traveler's previously unpublished letters to her homebound sister.
The Englishwoman in America (1856), by Isabella Bird (Original Version)
In 1856, Isabella Bird published The Englishwoman in America, the first of what would be many books of her travels around the world. Adopting a tone of aloof bemusement, she describes in detail the hardships and annoyances of her travels by sea from England to Halifax, and on the road to Boston, Cincinnati, and Chicago. The book's 20 chapters are full of keenly observed and entertainingly told stories of pickpockets and luggage thieves, greasy hotels, and Americans who are very polite, but have the unfortunate habit of spitting on the floor. Bird admits to sharing the regrettably prejudiced view the English have of America, but nevertheless finds much to like and admire in this new country b...
Isabella Lucy Bird's "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains"
The watershed year of Isabella Lucy Bird's life was 1873. In autumn of that year, the forty-one-year-old English gentlewoman 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. This elegant illustrated edition of Bird's A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, annotated by Ernest S. Bernard, sheds fresh light o...
Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China
In "Chinese Pictures: Notes on Photographs Made in China," Isabella L. Bird embarks on a captivating visual and narrative exploration of China during the late 19th century. Through a combination of evocative photographs and richly detailed commentary, Bird captures the essence of Chinese society—its landscapes, people, and cultural practices. Her literary style intertwines keen observation with poetic description, offering readers an intimate glimpse into a complex world on the brink of modernization. This work not only stands as an important ethnographic document but also reflects the Victorian fascination with travel and exoticism, placing Bird's observations within the broader context o...
