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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
The daughter of a country parson, Isabella Bird was advised to travel for her health. Bird's compliance with her doctor's orders took her to the wildest regions of the American …
Lady's Life In The Rocky Mountains
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 …
My First Travels in North America
A woman ahead of her time, Isabella Bird (1831–1904) ranks among the most adventurous travel writers of her era. In this captivating travelogue, she reports to her sister back home …
Among the Tibetans
Bird (1831-1904) recounts her rugged passage through the Himalayas by horseback and her four-month sojourn amid "e;the pleasantest of people."e; Bird's evocative accounts …