ISBN: 9780486473093

(1904) ranks among the most adventurous travel writers of her era. Bird recounts with passion and sensitivity such sights as wigwams on Prince Edd Island and Quebecs romantic falls of Lor… Mehr…

(1904) ranks among the most adventurous travel writers of her era. Bird recounts with passion and sensitivity such sights as wigwams on Prince Edd Island and Quebecs romantic falls of Lorette, in addition to dark encounters with cholera, slavery, and harrowing storms at sea. A woman ahead of her time, Isabella Bird (1831?1904) ranks among the most adventurous travel writers of her era. In this captivating travelogue, she reports to her sister back home in England on a series of journeys through nineteenth-century Canada and the United States. Bird recounts with passion and sensitivity such sights as wigwams on Prince Edd Island and Quebecs romantic falls of Lorette, in addition to dark encounters with cholera, slavery, and harrowing storms at sea.Bird, whose youth was marred by illness, was advised by her physician to travel. With a budget of 100 pounds from her clergyman father, she ventured off to North America on the first of many journeys. Her later expeditions included forays to the Middle East and Asia, yielding books of discerning observations that have entertained and enlightened readers for over a century. , Gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Edition Description: Dover, Publication Date: 2010, Language: English, Publication Year: 2010, Country of Origin: USA, United States, Manufacturer/Packer/Importer Details: ERGODE, Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1, Dimensions (LxWxH) - Cms: 7.9X0.8X5.3, ISBN-10: 486473090, ISBN-13: 9780486473093, SKU: SONG0486473090, EAN: 9780486473093, Dover Publications<

2010, ISBN: 9780486473093

Einleitung: Strowbridge, Clarence C. Dover Publications Inc. Taschenbuch, 363 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-05-20T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.85 kg, USA, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik… Mehr…

Einleitung: Strowbridge, Clarence C. Dover Publications Inc. Taschenbuch, 363 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-05-20T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.85 kg, USA, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Kategorien, Bücher, Indianer, Geschichte nach Themen, Taschenbücher, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4201, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Arborist Merchandising Root, Dover Publications Inc., 2010<

2010, ISBN: 0486473090

[EAN: 9780486473093], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 4.07], [PU: Dover Publications], BIRD ISABELLA LUCY MY FIRST TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, The book has been read but remains in clean con… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780486473093], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 4.07], [PU: Dover Publications], BIRD ISABELLA LUCY MY FIRST TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine., Books<

2010, ISBN: 0486473090

[EAN: 9780486473093], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 4.06], [PU: Dover Publications], BIRD ISABELLA LUCY MY FIRST TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, The book has been read but remains in clean con… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780486473093], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 4.06], [PU: Dover Publications], BIRD ISABELLA LUCY MY FIRST TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine., Books<