{"product_id":"a-ladys-life-in-the-rocky-mountains-paperback-9781108003834","title":"A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108003834","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe further American adventures of the indefatigable Isabella Bird.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsabella L. Bird (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108003834, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 7 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAfter the success of The Englishwoman in America (also reissued in this series), the indefatigable Isabella Bird (1831–1904) continued her travels – first to Scotland, then to Australia and Hawaii – before returning to the United States and taking up residence in what was then the newest state, Colorado. Her adventures here – recorded as letters to her sister which she artlessly tells the reader were never intended for publication – included riding alone across the prairie, trying to help a family dying of cholera in the face of indifference from the local inhabitants, a sight of the invalids who were coming to Denver in huge numbers to be cured by the mountain air, and an encounter (if it was nothing more) with that western archetype, the one-eyed, romantic, courteous, poetry-declaiming outlaw, who by the following year was 'in a dishonoured grave, with a rifle bullet in his brain'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrefatory note\u003cbr\u003e 1. Lake Tahoe\u003cbr\u003e 2. A lady's 'get-up'\u003cbr\u003e 3. A temple of Morpheus\u003cbr\u003e 4. A plague of flies\u003cbr\u003e 5. A dateless day\u003cbr\u003e 6. A bronco mare\u003cbr\u003e 7. Personality of Long's Peak\u003cbr\u003e 8. Estes Park\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'Please ma'ams'\u003cbr\u003e 10. A white world\u003cbr\u003e 11. Tarryall Creek\u003cbr\u003e 12. Deer Valley\u003cbr\u003e 13. The blight of mining\u003cbr\u003e 14. A dismal ride\u003cbr\u003e 15. A whisky slave\u003cbr\u003e 16. A harmonious home\u003cbr\u003e 17. Woman's mission.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265906430232,"sku":"9781108003834","price":31.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108003834i.jpg?v=1694867178","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-ladys-life-in-the-rocky-mountains-paperback-9781108003834","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}