A Lady's Life In The Rocky Mountains

By:

Isabella L Bird

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Virago Modern Classics

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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. In 1873, wearing Hawaiian riding dress, she rode on her spirited horse Birdie through the American "Wild West", a terrain only recently opened to pioneer settlement. Here she met Rocky Mountain Jim, her "dear (one-eyed) desperado", fond of poetry and whisky "a man any women might love, but no sane woman would marry". He helped her climb the "American Matterhorn" and round up cattle on horseback. The letters which make up this volume were first published in 1879 and were enormously popular in Isabella Bird's lifetime. They tell of magnificent unspoilt landscapes and abundant wildlife, of small remote townships, of her encounters with rattlesnakes, wolves, pumas and grizzly bears and her reactions to the volatile passions of the miners and pioneer settlers.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date NZ

July 8th, 1982

Author

Isabella L Bird

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

320

Series

Virago Modern Classics

Dimensions

126x198x24

ISBN-13

9780860682677

Product ID

1703188

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