A Lady's Life in the Rocky MountainsIsabella L. Bird
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
by OpenStories
Original author: Isabella L. Bird
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"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.
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, by Isabella L. Bird. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #755.
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