ISBN: 9781429003360

Isabella Bird was one of the most famous and admired travel writers of the nineteenth century. The first woman to be elected to the Royal Geographical Society, she published eight volumes… Mehr…

Isabella Bird was one of the most famous and admired travel writers of the nineteenth century. The first woman to be elected to the Royal Geographical Society, she published eight volumes of travel writings which documented her lifetime of travels to every continent. Often ill as a child, at age eighteen she underwent partially successful spinal surgery to remove a tumor from her spine, yet continued to suffer from a series of ailments. Bird''s doctor adviced travel as a cure, so in 1854 she was given one hundred pounds by her father and told she could travel until her money ran out. Leaving Liverpool in June, she travelled to Halifax, Nova Scotia to visit cousins. Becoming restless, Bird undertook wider travels, covering nearly 6, 000 miles, visiting Maine, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Quebec, New York, and Massachusetts. She detailed her travels in letters to her sister which went on to become the basis for her first book, The Englishwoman in America, published in 1856. This first trip overseas, and the resultant book, set Bird up for a highly successful career as a traveller and writer. | Englishwoman in America by Isabella Bird Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Travel Writing & Travel Guides > North America > USA P10179, Isabella Bird<

ISBN: 9781429003360

Isabella Bird was one of the most famous and admired travel writers of the nineteenth century. The first woman to be elected to the Royal Geographical Society, she published eight volumes… Mehr…

Isabella Bird was one of the most famous and admired travel writers of the nineteenth century. The first woman to be elected to the Royal Geographical Society, she published eight volumes of travel writings which documented her lifetime of travels to every continent. Often ill as a child, at age eighteen she underwent partially successful spinal surgery to remove a tumor from her spine, yet continued to suffer from a series of ailments. Bird''s doctor adviced travel as a cure, so in 1854 she was given one hundred pounds by her father and told she could travel until her money ran out. Leaving Liverpool in June, she travelled to Halifax, Nova Scotia to visit cousins. Becoming restless, Bird undertook wider travels, covering nearly 6,000 miles, visiting Maine, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Quebec, New York, and Massachusetts. She detailed her travels in letters to her sister which went on to become the basis for her first book, The Englishwoman in America, published in 1856. This first trip overseas, and the resultant book, set Bird up for a highly successful career as a traveller and writer. Books > Travel Writing & Travel Guides > North America > USA List_Books<

2003, ISBN: 9781429003360

Gebunden, 476 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 32mm, Sprache(n): eng The English traveler explores New England and the Mid-west, commenting on social mores and politics.1831-1904 Versandkostenfrei… Mehr…

Gebunden, 476 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 32mm, Sprache(n): eng The English traveler explores New England and the Mid-west, commenting on social mores and politics.1831-1904 Versandkostenfreie Lieferung<

2003, ISBN: 9781429003360

Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Arcadia Publishing (SC)], Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2003

2003, ISBN: 1429003367

Gebundene Ausgabe, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Arcadia Publishing]