Award-winning biography of 19th adventure Isabella Bird who visited Colorado, Hawaii and Australia, and gallivanted around Japan, China, Korea, Russia and Tibet writing best-selling books about her travels.
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Bird (1831-1904) was a celebrated English writer and explorer and the first woman elected as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The daughter of an Anglican minister, Bird was often ill as a young woman. When her doctors prescribed the 19th-century cure-all of "a change of air," Bird took advantage of this advice to travel-to Canada, Australia, Hawaii, the American West, Japan, China, Korea, Tibet, Morocco, and the Middle East. Interestingly, rough travel made her well, but her symptoms reappeared at home. She based the travel books that made her famous on letters she wrote to a beloved sister back in Scotland. Kaye, the author of this straightforward, competently written biography, argues that Bird's ailments were a response to her narrow domestic prospects. This book will be of interest to the general reader as well as specialists in women's studies. Recommended for public and academic libraries.
Caroline Mitchell, Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Caroline Mitchell, Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Great book - so much to admire in this woman!,
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I loved this book. What a character! Not only did she travel the world, but she did it with her own money and under her own leadership. Admittedly, she hired lots of support (whole entourages in some cases) but nevertheless, the journies were hers and hers alone. I've done alot of traveling as a single woman, and even these days it takes some courage and self-reliance. I have much admiration for Isabella Bird, who went to all these far-flung places before there were all the modern conveniences and attitudes. Phenomenal woman!
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A must read...this is an amazing woman.,
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Everyone should learn about Isabella Bird's life. She was, (and still is,) hands down, the most amazing traveler of all time. Even though she had trouble with illness and depression, for a woman of that time period to accomplish what she did is nothing short of a miracle. Very motivating. All young girls should be made to read this. It motivates independence.
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