A lady's life in the Rocky Mountains.
Title:
A lady's life in the Rocky Mountains.
ISBN:
9780806113289
Publication Date:
1960
Publication Information:
Norman, University of Oklahoma Press [1960]
Physical Description:
xxi, 256 p. illus. 20 cm.
Language:
English
Subject Term:
| Frontier and pioneer life -- Rocky Mountains. |
| Women -- Rocky Mountains -- Biography. |
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Library | Material Type | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Searching... Westlake Village Library | Book | 978 BIRD | Searching... Unknown |
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Summary
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.
Table of Contents
| Letter I. Lake Tahoe |
| Morning in San Francisco |
| Dust |
| A Pacific mail train |
| Digger Indians |
| Cape Horn |
| A mountain hotel |
| A pioneer |
| A Truckee livery stable |
| A mountain stream |
| Finding a bear |
| Tahoe |
| Letter II. A lady's "get-up" |
| Grizzly bears |
| The "Gem of the Sierras" |
| A tragic tale |
| A carnival of colour |
| Letter III. A Temple of Morpheus |
| Utah |
| A "God-forgotten" town |
| A distressed couple |
| Dog villages |
| A temperance colony |
| A Colorado inn |
| The bug pest |
| Fort Collins |
| Letter IV. A plague of flies |
| A melancholy charioteer |
| The Foot Hills |
| A mountain boarding-house |
| A dull life |
| "Being agreeable" |
| Climate of Colorado |
| Soroche and snakes |
| Letter V. A dateless day |
| "Those hands of yours" |
| A Puritan |
| Persevering shiftlessness |
| The house-mother |
| Family worship |
| A grim Sunday |
| A "thick-skulled Englishman" |
| A morning call |
| Another atmosphere |
| The Great Lone Land |
| "Ill found" |
| A log camp |
| Bad footing for horses |
| Accidents |
| Disappointment |
| Letter VI. A bronco mare |
| An accident |
| Wonderland |
| A sad story |
| The children of the Territories |
| Hard greed |
| Halcyon hours |
| Smartness |
| Old-fashioned prejudices |
| The Chicago colony |
| Good luck |
| Three notes of admiration |
| A good horse |
| The St. Vrain |
| The Rocky Mountains at last |
| "Mountain Jim" |
| A death hug |
| Estes Park |
| Letter VII. Personality of Long's Peak |
| "Mountain Jim" |
| Lake of the Lilies |
| A silent forest |
| The camping ground |
| "Ring" |
| A lady's bower |
| Dawn and sunrise |
| A glorious view |
| Links of diamonds |
| The ascent of the Peak |
| The "Dog's Life" |
| Suffering from thirst |
| The descent |
| The bivouac |
| Letter VIII. Estes Park |
| Big game |
| "Parks" in Colorado |
| Magnificent scenery |
| Flowers and pines |
| An awful road |
| Our log cabin |
| Griffith Evans |
| A miniature world |
| Our topics |
| A night alarm |
| A skunk |
| Morning glories |
| Daily routine |
| The panic |
| "Wait for the waggon" |
| A musical evening |
| Letter IX. "Please ma'ams" |
| A desperado |
| A cattle hunt |
| The muster |
| A mad cow |
| A snow-storm |
| Snowed up |
| Birdie |
| The Plains |
| A prairie schooner |
| Denver |
| A find |
| Plum Creek |
| "Being agreeable" |
| Snowbound |
| The grey mare |
| Letter X. A white world |
| Bad travelling |
| A millionaire's home |
| Pleasant Park |
| Perry's Park |
| Stock-raising |
| A cattle ring |
| The Arkansas Divide |
| Birdie's sagacity |
| Luxury |
| Monument Park |
| Deference to prejudice |
| A death scene |
| The Manitou |
| A loose shoe |
| The Ute Pass |
| Bergen's Park |
| A settler's home |
| Hayden's Divide |
| Sharp criticism |
| Speaking the truth |
| Letter XI. Tarryall Creek |
| The Red Range |
| Excelsior |
| Unfortunate pedlars Snow and heat |
| A bison calf |
| Deep drifts |
| South Park |
| The Great Divide |
| Comanche Bill |
| Difficulties |
| Hall's Gulch |
| A Lord Dundreary |
| Ridiculous fears |
| Letter XII. Deer Valley |
| Lynch law |
| Vigilance Committees |
| The Silver Spruce |
| Taste and abstinence |
| The Whisky Fiend |
| Smartness |
| Turkey Creek Canyon |
| The Indian Problem |
| Public rascality |
| Friendly meetings |
| The way to the Golden City |
| A rising settlement |
| Clear Creek Canyon |
| Staging |
| Swearing |
| A mountain town |
| Letter XIII. The blight of mining |
| Green Lake |
| Golden City |
| Benighted |
| Vertigo |
| Boulder Canyon |
| Financial straits |
| A hard ride |
| The last cent |
| A bachelor's home |
| "Mountain Jim" |
| A surprise |
| A night arrival |
| Making the best of it |
| Scanty fare |
| Letter XIV. A dismal ride |
| A desperado's tale |
| "Lost! Lost! Lost!" |
| Winter glories |
| Solitude |
| Hard times |
| Intense cold |
| A pack of wolves |
| The beaver dams |
| Ghastly scenes |
| Venison steaks |
| Our evenings |
| Letter XV. A whisky slave |
| The pleasures of monotony |
| The mountain lion |
| "Another mouth to feed" |
| A tiresome boy |
| An outcast |
| Thanksgiving Day |
| The new-comer |
| A literary humbug |
| Milking a dry cow |
| Trout-fishing |
| A snow-storm |
| A desperado's den |
| Letter XVI. A harmonious home |
| Intense cold |
| A purple sun |
| A grim jest |
| A perilous ride |
| Frozen eyelids |
| Longmount |
| The pathless prairie |
| Hardships of emigrant life |
| A trapper's advice |
| The Little Thompson |
| Evans and "Jim" |
| Letter XVII. Woman's Mission |
| The last morning |
| Crossing the St. Vrain |
| Miller |
| The St. Vrain again |
| Crossing the prairie |
| "Jim's" dream |
| "Keeping strangers" |
| The inn kitchen |
| A reputed child-eater |
| Notoriety |
| A quiet dance |
| "Jim's" resolve |
| The frost-fall |
| An unfortunate introduction |
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