Isabella Lucy Bird (1831–1904)
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- Bishop, Isabella Bird
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- 1831-10-15
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- 1904-10-07
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- UK
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- Boroughbridge, England, UK
- Sterbeort
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Boroughbridge, England, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Tattenhall, Cheshire, England, UK
Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
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- First woman fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
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- Isabella Lucy Bird was a peripatetic Victorian Englishwoman who travelled around the globe and wrote popular books and magazine articles about her adventures. In 1880, she married Edinburgh physician John Bishop and in 1892, she became the first woman inducted into the Royal Geographical Society.
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Folio Archives 330: A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird 1988 in Folio Society Devotees (Juli 2023)
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I found the first third of this book rather dull, and the author somewhat judgmental. I was tempted to abandon it, but I'm glad I didn't.
The book is a collection of journal-style letters written by Bird to her sister, and they detail her solo journeys by horseback around Colorado in 1873. Much of the book is simply Bird describing the scenery and weather conditions, and there is some commentary on various companions she meets along the way.
Her love for a simple life lived out of doors made me long to return to my similar experience of bicycling across several states and tenting overnights.
This is a book I'd recommend primarily to nature-lovers, as not much happens story-wise.
"This is a view to which nothing needs to be added... This scenery satisfies my soul." p 55… (mehr)