Description
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.
Author: Isabella L. Bird, Daniel J. Boorstin
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 12/15/1975
Pages: 282
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 7.49h x 4.90w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9780806113289
ISBN10: 0806113286
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- History | United States | 19th Century