The Life And Travels Of Isabella Bird
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The Life And Travels Of Isabella Bird
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Author : Jacki Hill-Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2021-05-12
The Life And Travels Of Isabella Bird written by Jacki Hill-Murphy and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A biography of a tenacious Englishwoman who defied Victorian-era societal expectations and sought adventure around the world. Isabella Bird traveled to the wildest places on earth, but at home in Britain she lay in bed, hardly able to write: ‘an invalid at home and a Samson abroad.’ In Japan she rode on a ‘yezo savage’ through foaming floods along unbeaten tracks, and was followed in the city by a crowd of a thousand, whose clogs clattered ‘like a hailstorm’ as they vied for a glimpse of the foreigner. She documented America before and after the Civil War and was deported from Korea with only the tweed suit she stood up in during a Japanese invasion. In China she was attacked with rocks and sticks and called a foreign dog, but she never gave up and went home. ‘The prospect of the unknown has its charms.’ Transformed by distant lands, she crossed raging floods, rode elephants, cows, and yak, clung to her horse’s neck as it clambered down cliff paths, slept on simple mats on the bare ground, unable to change out of wet clothes or get out of the searing heat. Her travels and the books she wrote about them show courage and tenacity, fueled by a restless spirit and a love of nature. She is as unique now as she was then.
A Curious Life For A Lady
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Author : Pat Barr
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2015-07-23
A Curious Life For A Lady written by Pat Barr and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-23 with Travel categories.
Isabella Bird was a woman of remarkable gifts. In 1872, at the age of forty, this rather earnest daughter of a country parson abandoned the rectory nest and began her pioneering journeys to some of the most inhospitable corners of the world. Undismayed by discomfort or danger she was to spend almost thirty years travelling - to the Rocky Mountains, the Sandwich Isles, to Japan, Malaya, Kashmir and Tibet, to Persia, Korea and China - where an indomitable spirit, an unassuming cordiality and, above all, a limitless capacity for being interested won her universal welcome. Her accounts of her experiences became best-selling books and established for Isabella Bird a reputation as one of the great travel writers of her day. 'Miss Barr has her measure. She and Miss Bird are well suited. The style of both is fresh, energetic, visual, making an enchanting book.' Evening Standard 'Rich and riotous as her intrepid heroine moves at the speed of a silent movie through landscapes lusher than any technicolour.' Times Literary Supplement 'A rare book.' Sunday Telegraph
Collected Travel Writings Of Isabella Bird A Lady S Life In The Rocky Mountains
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Author : Isabella Lucy Bird
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Collected Travel Writings Of Isabella Bird A Lady S Life In The Rocky Mountains written by Isabella Lucy Bird and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Women travelers categories.
A Lady S Life In The Rocky Mountains
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Author : Isabella Lucy Bird
language : en
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
Release Date : 2005
A Lady S Life In The Rocky Mountains written by Isabella Lucy Bird and has been published by Barnes & Noble Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A Lady S Life In The Rocky Mountains
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Author : Isabella Lucy Bird
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
A Lady S Life In The Rocky Mountains written by Isabella Lucy Bird and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Estes Park (Colo.) categories.
Unbeaten Tracks In Japan
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Author : Isabella Lucy Bird
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Unbeaten Tracks In Japan written by Isabella Lucy Bird and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Japan categories.
The Life Of Isabella Bird
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Author : Anna M. Stoddart
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-06-16
The Life Of Isabella Bird written by Anna M. Stoddart and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This life of Victorian solo traveller Isabella Bird reveals a remarkable and determined woman, who defied contemporary expectations.
Collected Travel Writings Of Isabella Bird
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Author : Isabella L. Bird
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Collected Travel Writings Of Isabella Bird written by Isabella L. Bird and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with categories.
A Lady S Life In The Rocky Mountains
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Author : Isabella L. Bird
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-10-09
A Lady S Life In The Rocky Mountains written by Isabella L. Bird and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-09 with History categories.
Eloquent descriptions by a middle-aged Englishwoman — traveling alone in the Colorado Rockies during 1873 — of flora and fauna, isolated settlers, vigilance committees, lynchings, and other fascinating subjects.
The Golden Chersonese
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Author : Isabella Lucy Bird
language : en
Publisher: Monsoon Books
Release Date : 2010
The Golden Chersonese written by Isabella Lucy Bird and has been published by Monsoon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1880, Isabella Bird visited the Malay Peninsula - romantically dubbed "The Golden Chersonese" - and was still able to refer to it as an almost unknown land. The world's most famous female travel writer of the nineteenth century set sail from Japan and called at Hong Kong, Canton and Saigon before reaching Singapore. Bearing letters of introduction to the elite of Malacca and Penang, Bird was able to observe life on the west coast of the peninsula before steaming upriver through mangrove swamps to explore the interior of the land. From courtroom to elephant back, from the grandeur of Malacca's Stadthuys to the jungle calm of a picturesque Malay village on stilts, this indefatigable Victorian explorer offers invaluable descriptions and delightful hand-drawn sketches of life in late nineteenth-century Singapore and the Malay Peninsula.