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

This delightful volume recounts her adventures in the Rockies. A ladys life in the Rocky Mountains Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. With Jim's assistance she became the second woman to climb Long's Peak, a mountain of over 14,000 feet. For months in the high Rockies, in and around Estes Park, as autumn turned to winter, Isabella was beguiled not only by the wild Rocky Mountains but also by the charms of Mountain Jim who took her on expeditions and encouraged her boldness. In the course of her travels, Bird landed in San Francisco and traveled to Colorado where she had her romantic adventure with the desperado Jim Nugent. Her travel books made her one of the most famous women in late-Victorian Britain. Through her accounts of her travel adventures she challenged and delighted a wide and appreciative audience.

A Ladys Life in the Rocky Mountains is a travel book by British. Isabella Lucy Bird broke away from the traditions of the middle-class woman in Victorian Britain and established herself as a determined and intelligent traveler. Buy A Ladys Life In the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird for 49.00 at Mighty Ape NZ. Through her accounts of her travel adventures she challenged. Isabella Lucy Bird, married name Bishop FRGS, was a nineteenth-century English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 Publication date 1879-1880 Topics Rocky Mountains, West (U.S.) - Description and travel 1860-1880, Estes Park (Colo. Isabella Lucy Bird broke away from the traditions of the middle-class woman in Victorian Britain and established herself as a determined and intelligent traveler. A lady's life in the Rocky Mountains by Bird, Isabella L.

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