Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, A

By Bird, Isabella L.

Book Id: WPLBN0002951606
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File Size: 228.76 MB
Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, A
Author:	Bird, Isabella L.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, Travel, Memoirs
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, A
Historic Publication Date:	1881
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago L. Bir, B. I. (1881). Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, A. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
Isabella Bird began travelling while in her early twenties to help alleviate illness that had plagued her since childhood. She was a single woman in her early forties when she made her treck through the Rocky Mountains. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains details this fascinating account of her travels through a series of letters written to her sister, Henrietta. These letters are filled with beautiful, vivid descriptions of the scenery, the people she encountered, the way of life, and a mountain man named Jim Nugent, that was as rough as they come, but a complete gentleman with Ms. Bird. She has the distinction of being the first woman to become a member of the Royal Geographical Society in 1892. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Travel, Memoirs, History, Essay/Short nonfiction, Nature