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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

By: Isabella L. Bird

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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

By: Isabella L. Bird

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879) is a work of travel literature by British explorer Isabella Bird. Adventurous from a young age, Bird gained a reputation as a writer and photographer interested in nature and the stories and cultures of people around the world. A bestselling author and the first woman inducted into the Royal Geographical Society, Bird is recognized today as a pioneering woman whose contributions to travel writing, exploration, and philanthropy are immeasurable. In 1872—after a year of sailing from Britain to Australia and Hawaii—Isabella Bird journeyed by boat to San Francisco before making her way over land through California and Wyoming to the Colorado Territory. There, she befriended an outdoorsman named Rocky Mountain Jim, who guided her throughout the vast wilderness of Colorado and accompanied her during a journey of over 800 miles. Traveling on foot and on horseback—Bird was an experienced and skillful rider—the two formed a curious but formidable pair, eventually reaching the 14,259 foot (4346 m) summit of Longs Peak, making Bird one of the first women to accomplish the feat. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, Bird’s most iconic work, was a bestseller upon publication, and has since inspired generations of readers. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Isabella Bird’s A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains is a classic of American literature and travel writing reimagined for modern readers.

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Graphic Arts Books

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1513274309

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9781513274300

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

By: Isabella Lucy Bird

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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

By: Isabella Lucy Bird

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

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284

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University of Oklahoma Press

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ISBN 10

0806113286

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9780806113289

My First Travels in North America

By: Isabella L. Bird

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My First Travels in North America

By: Isabella L. Bird

One of the 19th century's most adventurous travel writers offers vivid accounts of her journeys through Canada and the United States, from scenic vistas to dark encounters with cholera and slavery.

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402

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Courier Corporation

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0486141292

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9780486141299

Six Months In Hawaii

By: Isabella Bird

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Six Months In Hawaii

By: Isabella Bird

Six Months In Hawaii, set in the islands in 1873, is the compelling account of the true life adventures that transformed a quiet English lady into the daring and dashing world traveller Isabella Bird, whose exploits held the world enthralled. Obliged by unforeseen circumstances to break at Honolulu a sea voyage undertaken for her health, Isabella found herself in a free, fresh, vital, careless new world that filled her with an unquenchable zest for life and an irresistible desire to break the fetters of Victorian convention. Throwing off her invalidism, she spent six months journeying through the islands, cantering through lush forests and grasslands on spirited ponies, drifting over the rolling blue seas on raffish schooners, and finally making her way to the fiery volcano of Mauna Loa. This is a book of singular charm, in which all the beauties of Hawaii and the island way of life are seen through the eyes of one who is, for the first time, tasting life to the full.

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419

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Taylor & Francis

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ISBN 10

104027756X

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9781040277560

The Humming Bird Book 1

Madness in Crescendo

By: Isabella And Irena De Wardin

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The Humming Bird Book 1

Madness in Crescendo

By: Isabella And Irena De Wardin

Newly democratized Voskia is off its trolley when an astute, sanguinary politician marches for presidency; the promises of genocide hangs thick in the air and the heart of resistance beats within a single, particular individual. Knowledge, a powerful weapon, shall drag this protagonist, Maria, into a series of unforgettable adventures. Music, a cheerful, rebellious messenger, bringer of sensual magic and madness will be a guide throughout the darkness of a newborn disaster. Maria's shadowy, wintry life shall be lit by warm melodies recapturing wisps of dreams, putting them back into words, into music.

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374

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Xlibris Corporation

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ISBN 10

1479747432

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9781479747436

Among the Tibetans

By: Isabella L. Bird,Sheba Blake

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Among the Tibetans

By: Isabella L. Bird,Sheba Blake

There never was anybody," wrote the Spectator, "who had adventures as well as Miss Bird." In Among the Tibetans you can see why, as Isabella Lucy Bird writes of her journey through the Himalayas on horseback and of her four months of living with "the pleasantest of people." She offers evocative and colourful descriptions of Tibetan rituals and culture, along with vivid descriptions of its villages, monasteries, temples and palaces. "Up to Kargil the scenery, though growing more Tibetan with every march, had exhibited at intervals some traces of natural verdure; but beyond, after leaving the Suru, there is not a green thing, and on the next march the road crosses a lofty, sandy plateau, on which the heat was terrible - blazing gravel and a blazing heaven, then fiery cliffs and scorched hillsides, then a deep ravine and the large village of Paskim (dominated by a fort-crowned rock), and some planted and irrigated acres; then a narrow ravine and magnificent scenery flaming with colour, which opens out after some miles on a burning chaos of rocks and sand, mountain-girdled, and on some remarkable dwellings on a steep slope, with religious buildings singularly painted. This is Shergol, the first village of Buddhists, and there I was 'among the Tibetans.

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Sheba Blake Publishing

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3986777385

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9783986777388

The Englishwoman in America

By: Isabella Bird

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The Englishwoman in America

By: Isabella Bird

The Englishwoman in America" from Isabella Bird. English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist (1831 - 1904).

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286

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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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1519613288

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9781519613288

The Humming Bird Book 2

Symphonic Destruction

By: Isabella De Wardin,Irena De Wardin

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The Humming Bird Book 2

Symphonic Destruction

By: Isabella De Wardin,Irena De Wardin

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401

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Xlibris Corporation

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ISBN 10

1479747424

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9781479747429

Letters to Henrietta

By: Isabella Lucy Bird

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Letters to Henrietta

By: Isabella Lucy Bird

The legendary Victorian traveler's previously unpublished letters to her homebound sister.

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388

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UPNE

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1555535542

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9781555535544

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

An Account of Travels in the Interior Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrine of Nikko

By: Isabella Bird

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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

An Account of Travels in the Interior Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrine of Nikko

By: Isabella Bird

The first-hand account of an intrepid woman's exploration of Japan's interior in 1878.

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352

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Stone Bridge Press

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0893469696

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9780893469696

Isabella Lucy Bird's "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains"

An Annotated Text

By: Isabella Lucy Bird,Ernest S. Bernard

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Isabella Lucy Bird's "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains"

An Annotated Text

By: Isabella Lucy Bird,Ernest S. Bernard

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 on ambiguities and obscurities in Bird's letters and contains new details about the frontier Rocky Mountain West -- a region Bird found so beautiful that she gently chided "nature for her close imitation of art". Readers will share Bird's joy and terror as she scales the nearly sheer face of Longs Peak; her wistfulness and wonder in the company of the dashing, doomed mountain man, "Rocky Mountain Jim"; and her unalloyed rapture as she glories in "the rushing winds, the piled-up peaks, the great pines, the wild night noises, the poetry and prose" of her beloved mountains. In addition to a map of Bird's 1873 route and contemporary photographs, this new annotated edition includes an appendix that illustrates and charts the course of Bird's historic ascent of Longs Peak, allowing travelers -- real and armchair -- to share the dangers and discoveries of Isabella Lucy Bird's amazing journey.

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276

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ISBN 10

0806131128

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9780806131122

Mrs Beeton's Household Management

By: Isabella Beeton,Mrs. Beeton (Isabella Mary)

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Mrs Beeton's Household Management

By: Isabella Beeton,Mrs. Beeton (Isabella Mary)

Isabella Beeton's Book of Household Management is both an entertaining curiosity and an important social document, providing an invaluable insight into the day-to-day workings of a Victorian household.

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1134

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Wordsworth Editions

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1840222689

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9781840222685

Mrs Beeton How to Cook

220 Classic Recipes Updated for the Modern Cook

By: Isabella Beeton

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Mrs Beeton How to Cook

220 Classic Recipes Updated for the Modern Cook

By: Isabella Beeton

The complete guide to British cooking by our most famous cook - fully updated for the twenty-first-century kitchen. Published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Mrs Beeton's first publication, the 220 classic British recipes in this stunning collection are taken from the original Book of Household Management and have been updated for the twenty-first-century kitchen. Combined with sound, modern advice on how to source good food, plus detailed information on ingredients and equipment, and illustrations of all the techniques required, this is still the go-to for any aspiring or experienced home cook.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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0297865986

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9780297865988

The Book of Wilding

A Practical Guide to Rewilding, Big and Small

By: Isabella Tree

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The Book of Wilding

A Practical Guide to Rewilding, Big and Small

By: Isabella Tree

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Important and empowering' - BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH 'Get this great guide and be inspired' - STEPHEN FRY 'A handbook of hope ... Buy it, read it, start changing things right now' - JOANNA LUMLEY _______________ The enormity of climate change and biodiversity loss can leave us feeling overwhelmed. How can an individual ever make a difference? Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell know firsthand how spectacularly nature can bounce back if you give it the chance. And what comes is not just wildlife in super-abundance, but solutions to the other environmental crises we face. The Book of Wilding is a handbook for how we can all help restore nature. It is ambitious, visionary and pragmatic. The book has grown out of Isabella and Charlie's mission to help rewild Britain, Europe and the rest of the world by sharing knowledge from their pioneering project at Knepp in Sussex. It is inspired by the requests they receive from people wanting to learn how to rewild everything from unprofitable farms, landed estates and rivers, to ponds, allotments, churchyards, urban parks, gardens, window boxes and public spaces.. The Book of Wilding has the answers. _______________ 'Brilliantly readable and incredibly hard-working' - HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL 'A deep, dazzling and indispensable guide to the most important task of all: the restoration of the living planet' - GEORGE MONBIOT

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639

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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ISBN 10

1526659301

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9781526659309

Letters to Henrietta

By: Isabella Lucy Bird

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Letters to Henrietta

By: Isabella Lucy Bird

The legendary Victorian traveler's previously unpublished letters to her homebound sister.

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Book's by Isabella Bird

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

My First Travels in North America

My First Travels in North America

Six Months In Hawaii

Six Months In Hawaii

The Humming Bird Book 1

The Humming Bird Book 1

Among the Tibetans

Among the Tibetans

The Englishwoman in America

The Englishwoman in America

The Humming Bird Book 2

The Humming Bird Book 2

Letters to Henrietta

Letters to Henrietta

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

Isabella Lucy Bird's "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains"

Isabella Lucy Bird's "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains"

Mrs Beeton's Household Management

Mrs Beeton's Household Management

Mrs Beeton How to Cook

Mrs Beeton How to Cook

The Book of Wilding

The Book of Wilding

Letters to Henrietta

Letters to Henrietta

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