A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
| Author | Isabella Bird |
|---|---|
| Original title | A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains |
| Country | United States of America |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Travel novel |
| Publisher | John Murray |
Publication date | 1879 |
| Media type |
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains is a travel book, by Isabella Bird, describing her 1873 trip to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The book is a compilation of letters, that Isabella Bird wrote to her sister, Henrietta.
The book was printed, in October, 1879,[1][2] by the publisher John Murray[3]
Plot[]
In 1872, Isabella left Britain, going first to Australia, then to Hawaii, which she refers to as the Sandwich Islands. In 1873 she traveled to Colorado, then the Colorado Territory.[4]
After living a time in Hawaii, she takes a boat, to San Francisco. She passed the area of Lake Tahoe, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, to ultimate Estes Park, Colorado, also elsewhere in and near the Rocky Mountains of the Colorado Territory.
Early in Colorado, she met Rocky Mountain Jim, described as a desperado, but with whom she got along quite well. She described him as, "He is a man whom any woman might love but no sane woman would marry." She was the first white woman to stand atop Longs Peak, Colorado, pointing out that Jim "dragged me up, like a bale of goods, by sheer force of muscle." Rocky Mountain Jim treated her quite well, and it is sad to note, he was shot to death, seven months later.[5]
After many other adventures, Isabella Bird ultimately took a train, east.
Reception of her book[]
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains was an "instant bestseller," sold quite well.[5]
After her trip to the Rocky Mountains[]
Isabella Bird is distinguished by being the first woman to become a member of the Royal Geographical Society, in 1892.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Joel Estes". NPS.gov. December 11, 2004.
- ^ Bird, Isabella. "by Isabella L. Bird". rmconservancy.org.
- ^ Bird, Isabella (1879). "A lady's life in the Rocky Mountains by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904". archive.org.
- ^ Bird, Isabella (September 2, 1873). "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird". ebooks.adelaide.edu.au.
- ^ a b "Searching for the Song of the Winds". nps.gov. December 26, 2006.
- ^ "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, by Isabella L. Bird". archive.org.
External links and references[]
- archive.org version of A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
- A free audio of A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
- Another free copy
- Part I, on youtube
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