A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Volume 14) (The Western Frontier Library Series) - Softcover

Isabella Lucy Bird; Daniel J. Boorstin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806113286 ISBN 13: 9780806113289

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 1975

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

The further American adventures of the indefatigable Isabella Bird, from lone rides across the prairies to an encounter (if it was nothing more) with that western archetype, the one-eyed, romantic, courteous, poetry-declaiming outlaw.

About the Author:

In 1854 Isabella Bird's doctor recommended the air of America to improve her health. She finally left almost twenty years later first to Australia where her speedy recovery meant she could climb the world's largest volcano at her next stop, Hawaii. In 1873 she set off for the Rocky Mountains. After a brief respite at home she continued on her way to Japan then Malaya, and later to Tibet. She died at home in Scotland in 1904.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0806113286
• ISBN 13: 9780806113289
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256