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Isabella Lucy Bird's ''A lady's life in the Rocky Mountains'': an annotated text PDF

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title: author: publisher: isbn10 | asin: print isbn13: ebook isbn13: language: subject publication date: lcc: ddc: subject: Page i Isabella Lucy Bird's "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains" Page ii Isabella Bird Bishop in later life. Courtesy Colorado Historical Society. Page iii Isabella Lucy Bird's "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains" An Annotated Text Edited by Ernest S. Bernard Page iv Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 18311904. [Lady's life in the Rocky Mountains] Isabella Lucy Bird's "A lady's life in the Rocky Mountains" : an annotated text / edited by Ernest S. Bernard. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8061-3112-8 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Rocky MountainsDescription and travel. 2. Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 18311904JourneysRocky Mountains. 3. WomenRocky MountainsBiography. 4. Frontier and pioneer lifeRocky Mountains. 5. West (U.S.)Description and travel. 6. Estes Park (Colo.)Biography. I. Bernard, Ernest S., 1944 II. Title. F782.R6B55 1999 917.804'2dc21 98-41396 CIP The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc. New edition copyright © 1999 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Page v Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface x Introduction 3 Letter I 23 Lake TahoeMorning in San FranciscoDustA Pacific mail- trainDigger IndiansCape HornA mountain hotelA pioneerA Truckee livery stableA mountain streamFinding a bearTahoe Letter II 37 A lady's "get-up"Grizzly bearsThe "Gem of the Sierras"A tragic taleA carnival of color Letter III 43 A Temple of MorpheusUtahA "God-forgotten" townA distressed coupleDog villagesA temperance colonyA Colorado innThe bug pestFort Collins Letter IV 56 A plague of fliesA melancholy charioteerThe Foot HillsA mountain boarding-houseA dull life"Being agreeable"Climate of ColoradoSoroche and Snakes Page vi Letter V 63 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 Letter VI 82 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 Letter VII 101 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 Letter VIII 120 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 Letter IX 140 "Please Ma'ams"A desperadoA cattle huntThe musterA mad cowA snow-stormSnowed upBirdieThe PlainsA prairie schooner-DenverA findPlum Creek"Being agreeable"SnowboundThe grey mare Page vii Letter X 159 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 Letter XI 179 Tarryall CreekThe Red RangeExcelsiorImportunate pedlarsSnow and heatA bison calfDeep driftsSouth ParkThe Great DivideComanche BillDifficultiesHall's GulchA Lord DundrearyRidiculous fears Letter XII 190 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 Letter XIII 202 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 Letter XIV 213 A dismal rideA desperado's tale"Lost! Lost! Lost!"Winter gloriesSolitudeHard timesIntense coldA pack of wolvesThe beaver damsGhastly scenesVenison steaksOur evenings

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