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  • A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

    by Isabella Lucy Bird ...
    I have found a dream of beauty at which one might look all one's life and sigh. Not lovable, like the Sandwich Islands, but beautiful in its own way! A strictly North American beauty—snow-splotched mountains, huge pines, red-woods, sugar pines, silver spruce; a crystalline atmosphere, waves of the richest color; and a pine-hung lake which mirrors all beauty on its surface. Lake Tahoe is before me, ... Read more

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  • The Hawaiian Archipelago

    by Isabella Lucy Bird ...
    Within the last century the Hawaiian islands have been the topic of various works of merit, and some explanation of the reasons which have led me to enter upon the same subject are necessary. I was travelling for health, when circumstances induced me to land on the group, and the benefit which I derived from the climate tempted me to remain for nearly seven months. During that time the necessity ... Read more

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  • Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan: Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs (Complete)

    by Isabella Lucy Bird ...
    The letters of which these volumes are composed embrace the second half of journeys in the East extending over a period of two years. They attempt to be a faithful record of facts and impressions, but were necessarily written in haste at the conclusion of fatiguing marches, and often in circumstances of great discomfort and difficulty, and I relied for their correction in the event of publication ... Read more

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  • Unbeaten Tracks In Japan

    by Isabella Lucy Bird ...
    外国经典原著作品，包括最具代表性的文学大师和最有影响的代表作品 ... Read more

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  • Among the Tibetans

    by Isabella Lucy Bird ...
    The Vale of Kashmir is too well known to require description. It is the 'happy hunting-ground' of the Anglo-Indian sportsman and tourist, the resort of artists and invalids, the home of pashm shawls and exquisitely embroidered fabrics, and the land of Lalla Rookh. Its inhabitants, chiefly Moslems, infamously governed by Hindus, are a feeble race, attracting little interest, valuable to travellers ... Read more

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  • The Yangtze Valley and Beyond

    by Isabella Lucy Bird ...
    After the River of Golden Sand and the Min unite at Sui Fu, the Great River asserts its right to be regarded as the most important of Asiatic waterways by furnishing, by its main stream and the tributaries which thereafter enter it, routes easy of navigation through the rich and crowded centre of China, with Canton by the Fu-ling, with only two portages, and with Peking (Tientsin) itself by the ... Read more

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  • The Englishwoman in America, Notes on Old Edinburgh and The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither

    by Isabella Lucy Bird ...
    Isabella Bird first woman to be elected to the Royal Geographical Society, 1831 - 1904. This book was published in 1856, her excursions to mid 19th century America. Shows the changes in America at the turn of the century through her eyes. As a general dislike of prefaces is unmistakeably evidenced by their uncut leaves, and as unknown readers could scarcely be induced to read a book by the most ... Read more

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  • Korea and Her Neighbors

    Victorian Travelogue Series (Annotated)

    by Isabella Lucy Bird ...
    "Korea and Her Neighbors" is a travelogue written by Isabella Lucy Bird, a renowned Victorian-era explorer and writer. Published in 1898, the book details Bird's extensive travels throughout Korea and neighboring regions during the late 19th century.Isabella Bird's writings are characterized by her vivid descriptions of the places she visited and the people she encountered. In "Korea and Her ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

    by Isabella Lucy Bird ...
    pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. Lake Tahoe— Morning in San Francisco— Dust— A Pacific mail-train— Digger Indians— Cape Horn— A mountain hotel— A pioneer— A Truckee livery stable— A mountain stream— Finding a bear— Tahoe. ... Read more

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  • The Englishwoman in America

    by Isabella Lucy Bird ...
    Prefatory and explanatory – The voyage out – The sentimental – The actual – The oblivious – The medley – Practical joking – An unwelcome companion – American patriotism – The first view – The departure. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Among the Tibetans

    Victorian Travelogue Series (Annotated)

    by Isabella Lucy Bird ...
    At the age of 63, Isabella Lucy Bird embarked on a remarkable journey that would become the captivating narrative of 'Among the Tibetans.' Published in the late 19th century, this account chronicles her awe-inspiring and formidable voyages across the sprawling Tibetan Plateaus and the breathtaking Himalayan mountain realms. Beginning her expedition in 1889, Bird ventured into the heart of these ... Read more

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  • The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither (Travels in Malaysia)

    Victorian Travelogue Series (Annotated)

    by Isabella Lucy Bird ...
    "The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither" is a travel narrative penned by Isabella Lucy Bird during the late 19th century, documenting her extensive journey through Southeast Asia. Published in 1883, this book chronicles Bird's explorations across the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and other regions in what is now known as Malaysia and Thailand.In her signature descriptive style, Bird paints vivid ... Read more

    $2.99 USD