A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains [Paperback]

The further American adventures of the indefatigable Isabella Bird.The further American adventures of the indefatigable Isabella Bird, from lone rides across the prairies to an encounter (if it was nothing more) with that western archetype, the one-eyed, romantic, courteous, poetry-declaiming outlaw.The further American adventures of the indefatigable Isabella Bird, from lone rides across the prairies to an encounter (if it was nothing more) with that western archetype, the one-eyed, romantic, courteous, poetry-declaiming outlaw.After the success of The Englishwoman in America (also reissued in this series), the indefatigable Isabella Bird (18311904) continued her travels  first to Scotland, then to Australia and Hawaii  before returning to the United States and taking up residence in what was then the newest state, Colorado. Her adventures here  recorded as letters to her sister which she artlessly tells the reader were never intended for publication  included riding alone across the prairie, trying to help a family dying of cholera in the face of indifference from the local inhabitants, a sight of the invalids who were coming to Denver in huge numbers to be cured by the mountain air, and an encounter (if it was nothing more) with that western archetype, the one-eyed, romantic, courteous, poetry-declaiming outlaw, who by the following year was 'in a dishonoured grave, with a rifle bullet in his brain'.Prefatory note; 1. Lake Tahoe; 2. A lady's 'get-up'; 3. A temple of Morpheus; 4. A plague of flies; 5. A dateless day; 6. A bronco mare; 7. Personality of Long's Peak; 8. Estes Park; 9. 'Please ma'ams'; 10. A white world; 11. Tarryall Creek; 12. Deer Valley; 13. The blight of mining; 14. A dismal ride; 15. A whisky slave; 16. A harmonious home; 17. Woman's mission.