A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird

"A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains" by Isabella L. Bird is a travel book published in 1879. Compiled from letters to her sister, it chronicles Bird's 1873 journey through the Colorado Rockies on the American frontier. Guided by the enigmatic desperado Rocky Mountain Jim, Bird becomes the first white woman to summit Longs Peak. Her vivid account of wilderness adventures and frontier life became an instant bestseller, helping establish her pioneering reputation as an explorer. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904
Title A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Lady%27s_Life_in_the_Rocky_Mountains
Reading Level Reading ease score: 71.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class F721: United States local history: Rocky Mountains. Yellowstone National Park
Subject West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Subject Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 -- Travel -- Rocky Mountains
Subject Women -- Rocky Mountains -- Biography
Subject Women travelers -- Rocky Mountains -- Biography
Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- Rocky Mountains
Subject Rocky Mountains -- Description and travel
Subject Estes Park (Colo.) -- Biography
Category Text
eBook-No. 755
Release Date
Last Update Jan 1, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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