Tag: Isabella L. Bird

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan audiobook by Isabella L. Bird (1831 -- 1904) Isabella Lucy Bird (1831 -- 1904) was a 19th century English traveller, writer, and natural historian. She was a sickly child, however, while she was travelling she was almost always healthy. Her first trip, in 1854, took her to America, visiting relatives. Her first book, The Englishwoman in America was published anonymously two years later. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan is compiled of the letters she sent to her sister during Read more [...]

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains audiobook by Isabella L. Bird (1831-1904) Isabella Bird began travelling while in her early twenties to help alleviate illness that had plagued her since childhood. She was a single woman in her early forties when she made her treck through the Rocky Mountains. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains details this fascinating account of her travels through a series of letters written to her sister, Henrietta. These letters are filled with beautiful, vivid descriptions Read more [...]