Bird visited the Sandwich Islands in the Pacific Ocean in 1871, when she was 40. Although she had intended to make only a brief visit, the health-giving effects of the climate induced her to stay nearly seven months, as these letters to her sister reveal.

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Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-19042001

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In 1872, Isabella Bird, a middle-aged vicar's daughter from Cheshire, set off on the first of what would soon become a lifetime of adventures abroad. The spirited letters that make up this volume describe her travels in America's Wild West.

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