Isabella Lucy Bird
Paperback | Pages: 282 pages Rating: 3.97 | 2227 Users | 313 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains |
| Author | : | Isabella Lucy Bird |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 282 pages |
| Published | : | December 15th 1975 by University of Oklahoma Press (first published 1879) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Travel. History. Biography. Autobiography. Memoir. Adventure |
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A cosmopolitan, middle-aged Englishwoman touring the Rocky Mountains in 1873, Isabella Bird had embarked upon a trip that called for as much stamina as would have been expected of an explorer or anthropologist — and she was neither! Possessing a prodigious amount of curiosity and a huge appetite for traveling, she journeyed later in life to India, Tibet, China, Japan, Korea, and Canada and wrote eight successful books about her adventures. In this volume, she paints an intimate picture of the "Wild West," writing eloquently of flora and fauna, isolated settlers and assorted refugees from civilization, vigilance committees and lynchings, and crude table manners yet a gentle civility — even chivalry — among the men she encountered in the wilderness. Thoughtfully written, this captivating narrative provides a vibrant account of a bygone era and the people that forever changed the face of the frontier.Particularize Books Conducive To A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
| Original Title: | A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains |
| ISBN: | 0806113286 (ISBN13: 9780806113289) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/bird/rocky.html |
| Setting: | United States of America Denver, Colorado,1873(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.97 From 2227 Users | 313 ReviewsAssess Epithetical Books A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Isabella L. Bird travelled the World during the mid to late 1800's and became a well-known travel writer. One of her adventures was through the Rocky Mountains of the early 1870's where comforts were few and dangers were plentiful. Through a series of poetically penned letters, Bird tells of an Old West which now only exists in the pages of history. Bird was an articulate and sensitive lady who moved with ease amongst desperate men, trying circumstances, and unimaginable hardships, but herOMG this is all true- the story of a 19th century woman-- so brave, adventurous and she is so matter-of-fact about it. Isabella has traveled all over the worlds and sends detailed letters to her sister. She has lots of other books including about her time in Hawaii. After Hawaii, she travels to Colorado. For someone who is a bit prim and proper, she knows how to handle horses, climbs Longs Peak (over 14,000 feet) in the snow, rides all day in freezing cold sometimes camping out but somehow
First of all, I thought this book was great. Bird is unflinchingly honest (to the point where she actually made me mad a couple of times), and she was not shy about sharing her opinions as well as every detail, no matter how embarrassing, of her excursions. My biggest disagreement with her was her belief that Estes Park was the most beautiful and superior place in Colorado and all other natural sites were inferior, and in some cases, hideous. I have a really hard time thinking of any natural
An interesting travel-memoir, written as letters home by an Englishwoman of independent means, touring the Far West in 1873, centered on her time in Colorado, then the Union's newest state and still *very* rough around the edges. She does get to the major tourist attractions around today's Rocky Mountain National Park, at considerably more trouble and expense than a present-day traveler will meet. It was *much* less crowded, but you are likely to conclude, as I did, that some crowding is a fair
Living in the Denver area, this was a really fun read! Because of my location, I was able to visual precisely where Miss Bird was throughout her travels. I learned so much about the areas around where I live. Believe me, I still want to take a day trip up to Estes Park after listening to all of her expansive declarations of love for the location.I was amazed at how much trouble this woman would go through simply to explore the world. I wouldn't deal with that much snow and trouble today let
I am completely enchanted with Isabella Bird as an amazing woman and as a writer! Just a few chapters into A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, I had to return the copy I borrowed from the library and purchase a copy. There were so many beautiful passages, sentences and phrases that I felt compelled to highlight for future rereading. Her descriptions of both the beauty and the harshness of Colorado's geography and weather are worthy of being framed and displayed in an art museum! She paints
This sounds like the kind of book that should be dull, but I was actually quite enthralled by it. There's something deeply fascinating about reading the personal letters of an an independent woman traveling alone though the rockies in the 1870s. Isabella Bird is a bit uppity at times, but there's no denying she's also a badass. I know I wouldn't have to guts to travel alone, unarmed, in the mountains in the dead of winter. Some of her descriptions were so harrowing, I could hardly believe she
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