In 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 settlement. The letters that make up
this volume were first published in 1879. They 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.
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