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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (With a new Introduction by Pat Barr)

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (With a new Introduction by Pat Barr)

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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (With a new Introduction by Pat Barr)

by Bird,Isabella

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ISBN 10
0806113286
ISBN 13
9780806113289
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University of Oklahoma Press, 1988 Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Reprint.. In 1873, wearing Hawaiian riding dress, she rode her horse through the American Wild West, a terrain only newly opened to pioneer settlement. The letters that make up this volume ... tell of magnificent, unspoiled landscapes and abundant wildlife, of encounters with rattlesnakes, wolves, pumas and grizzly bears, and her reactions to the volatile passions of the miners and pioneer settlers. A classic account of a truly astounding journey. Reprinted edition (Introduced by Daniel J.Boorstin ) (First Published John Murray.1880) 296p. plates. .

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Supported by a family inheritance that gave her £500 a year, Mary Henrietta Kingsley traveled to Africa to complete the book her father had started. The subject was the culture of Africa and Kingsley stayed with local people while she learned to survive in the African jungles, studied cannibal tribes, discovered new species of fish, and climbed Mount Cameroon by a route untouched by any European before her. Kingsley's ideas greatly influenced European ideas about Africa and the African people and her 1897 account, Travels in West Africa, quickly became a best-seller.

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Bookseller
KALAMOS BOOKS CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
039500
Title
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (With a new Introduction by Pat Barr)
Author
Bird,Isabella
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
Reprint.
ISBN 10
0806113286
ISBN 13
9780806113289
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Place of Publication
Norman, Oklahoma, U.s.a.
Date Published
1988
Keywords
COLORADO AMERICAN WEST ROCKIES REVISE AL
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