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In 1872, Isabella Bird, daughter of a clergyman, set off alone to the Antipodes in search of health and found she had embarked on a life of adventurous travel. In 1873, wearing Hawaiian riding dress, she rode her horse through the American Wild West, a terrain only newly opened to pioneer settlement. The letters that make up this volume were first published in 1879. They tell of magnificent, unspoiled landscapes and abundant wildlife, of encounters with rattlesnakes, wolves, pumas and grizzly bears, and her reactions to the volatile passions of the miners and pioneer settlers. A classic account of a truly astounding journey.

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title A Ladys Life in the Rocky Mountains The Western Frontier Library - photo 1
title:A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains The Western Frontier Library, [14]
author:Bird, Isabella L.
publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin:0806113286
print isbn13:9780806113289
ebook isbn13:9780585308296
language:English
subjectFrontier and pioneer life--Rocky Mountains, West (U.S.)--Description and travel, Women--Rocky Mountains--Biography, Estes Park (Colo.) , Bird, Isabella L.--(Isabella Lucy),--1831-1904.
publication date:1960
lcc:F782.R6B6 1960eb
ddc:917.8
subject:Frontier and pioneer life--Rocky Mountains, West (U.S.)--Description and travel, Women--Rocky Mountains--Biography, Estes Park (Colo.) , Bird, Isabella L.--(Isabella Lucy),--1831-1904.
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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
The Western Frontier Library
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Isabella L. Bird
With an introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin
With a Map and index by Nancy G. Gambrill
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS : NORMAN
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Library of Congress Catalog Number: 60-8748
ISBN: 0-8061-1328-6
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains is Volume 14 in The Western Frontier Library.
New edition copyright 1960 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A.
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To My Sister,
to whom
these letters were originally written,
they are now
affectionately dedicated.
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Contents
Introduction, by Daniel J. Boorstin
page xiii
Letter I
Lake TahoeMorning in San FranciscoDustA Pacific mail-trainDigger IndiansCape HornA mountain hotelA pioneerA Truckee livery stableA mountain streamFinding a bearTahoe
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Letter II
A lady's "get-up"Grizzly bearsThe "Gem of the Sierras"A tragic taleA carnival of color
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Letter III
A Temple of MorpheusUtahA "God-forgotten" townA distressed coupleDog villagesA temperance colonyA Colorado innThe bug pestFort Collins
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Letter IV
A plague of fliesA melancholy charioteerThe Foot HillsA mountain boarding-houseA dull life"Being agreeable"Climate of ColoradoSoroche and snakes
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Letter V
A dateless day"Those hands of yours"A PuritanPersevering shiftlessnessThe house-motherFamily worshipA grim SundayA "thick-skulled Englishman"A morning callAnother atmosphereThe Great Lone Land''Ill found"A log campBad footing for horsesAccidentsDisappointment
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Letter VI
A bronco mareAn accidentWonderlandA sad storyThe children of the TerritoriesHard greedHalcyon hoursSmartnessOld-fashioned prejudicesThe Chicago colonyGood luckThree notes of admirationA good horseThe St. VrainThe Rocky Mountains at last"Mountain Jim"A death hugEstes Park
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Letter VII
Personality of Long's Peak"Mountain Jim"Lake of the LiliesA silent forestThe camping ground"Ring"A lady's bowerDawn and sunriseA glorious viewLinks of diamondsThe ascent of the PeakThe "Dog's Lift"Suffering from thirstThe descentThe bivouac
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Letter VIII
Estes ParkBig game"Parks" in ColoradoMagnificent sceneryFlowers and pinesAn awful roadOur log cabinGriffith EvansA miniature worldOur topicsA night alarmA skunkMorning gloriesDaily routineThe panic"Wait for the wagon"A musical evening
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Letter IX
"Please Ma'ams"A desperadoA cattle huntThe musterA mad cowA snow-stormSnowed upBirdieThe PlainsA prairie schoonerDenverA findPlum Creek"Being agreeable"SnowboundThe grey mare
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Letter X
A white worldBad travelingA millionaire's homePleasant ParkPerry's ParkStock-raisingA cattle kingThe Arkansas DivideBirdie's sagacityLuxuryMonument ParkDeference to prejudiceA death sceneThe ManitouA loose shoeThe Ute PassBergens ParkA settler's homeHayden's DivideSharp criticismSpeaking the truth
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Letter XI
Tarryall CreekThe Red RangeExcelsiorImportunate pedlarsSnow and heatA bison calfDeep driftsSouth ParkThe Great DivideComanche BillDifficultiesHall's GulchA Lord DundrearyRidiculous fears
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Letter XII
Deer ValleyLynch lawVigilance committeesThe silver spruceTaste and abstinenceThe whisky fiendSmartnessTurkey Creek CanyonThe Indian problemPublic rascalityFriendly meetingsThe way to the Golden CityA rising settlementClear Creek CanyonStagingSwearingA mountain town
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Letter XIII
The blight of miningGreen LakeGolden CityBenightedVertigoBoulder CanyonFinancial straitsA hard rideThe last centA bachelor's home"Mountain Jim"A surpriseA night arrivalMaking the best of itScanty fare
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