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Isabella L. Bird. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Table of Contents
Introduction by. Ann Ronald
University of Nevada, Reno
To My Sister, to whom. these letters were originally written, they are now. affectionately dedicated
Introduction, by Ann Ronald
Letter I
Letter II
Letter III
Letter IV
Letter V
Letter VI
Letter VII
Letter VIII
Letter IX
Letter X
Letter XI
Letter XII
Letter XIII
Letter XIV
Letter XV
Letter XVI
Letter XVII
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Isabella L. Bird
Published by Good Press, 2019
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[3] For the benefit of other lady travelers, I wish to explain that my "Hawaiian riding dress" is the "American Lady's Mountain Dress," a half-fitting jacket, a skirt reaching to the ankles, and full Turkish trousers gathered into frills falling over the boots—a thoroughly serviceable and feminine costume for mountaineering and other rough traveling, as in the Alps or any other part of the world.
