A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Pocket)
avIsabella L. Bird, Daniel J. Boorstin, Isabella L. Bird
ISBN: 9780806113289 - UTGIVEN: 199912In 1872, Isabella Bird, daughter of a clergyman, set off alone to the Antipodes 'in search of health' and found she had embarked on a life of adventurous travel. In 1873, wearing Hawaiian riding dress, she rode her horse through the American Wild West, a terrain only newly opened to pioneer settleme[...]
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (Pocket)
avIsabella L. Bird
ISBN: 9780486445151 - UTGIVEN: 2005-11One of Isabella Bird's nine popular accounts of her adventures around the world, this book traces the intrepid Victorian explorer's 1878 excursion into the back country of the Far East. Japan had just opened its doors to the West within the past decade, and Bird traversed regions unknown to many of [...]
On Horseback In Hawaii (Pocket)
avIsabella L. Bird
ISBN: 9781590481547 - UTGIVEN: 2004-11When the intrepid Isabella Bird landed in Hawaii in 1873, she discovered the islanders rode - everywhere - and the clergyman's daughter soon joined them. Having never ridden astride because of the English cultural taboo, Isabella was reluctant to cast aside her native equestrian traditions. When she[...]
The Hawaiian Archipelago (Inbunden)
avIsabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
ISBN: 9783849523275 - UTGIVEN: 2013-02
