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Virago/Beacon travelers

by Isabella L. Bird, Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford, Ella Maillart, Kate O'Brien, Gertrude Lowthian Bell
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~33h 26min
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About Author

Isabella L. Bird

Isabella Lucy Bishop (née Bird; 15 October 1831 – 7 October 1904) was an English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist. Alongside fellow Englishwoman Fanny Jane Butler, she founded the John Bishop Memorial Hospital in Srinagar in modern-day Kashmir. She was also the first woman to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

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“So genial is its spirit, so enticing its narrative.”—New Englander and Yale Review (1881). The first recorded account of Japan by a Westerner, this 1878 book captures a lifestyle that has nearly vanished. The author traveled 1,400 miles by horse, ferry, foot, and jinrikisha.

How the series evolves

beginning
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
4.0· strong start
the pit
Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys
0.0
finale
The Desert and the Sown
0.0· messes up the ending
overall
0.7· better in the beginning

Books in this Series

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

Isabella L. Bird
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“So genial is its spirit, so enticing its narrative.”—New Englander and Yale Review (1881). The first recorded account of Japan by a Westerner, this 1878 book captures a lifestyle that has nearly vanished. The author traveled 1,400 miles by horse, ferry, foot, and jinrikisha.

Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys

Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
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The cruel way

Ella Maillart
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Farewell Spain

Kate O'Brien
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The Yangtze valley and beyond

Isabella L. Bird
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The Desert and the Sown

Gertrude Lowthian Bell
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From Goodreads: A seeming contradiction, Gertrude Bell was both a proper Victorian and an intrepid explorer of the Arabian wilderness. She was a close friend of T. E. Lawrence, and played an important role in creating the modern map of the Middle East after World War I. The Desert and the Sown is a chronicle, illustrated by over 160 photos, of Bell's 1905 journey from Jericho to Antioch, a land of warring tribes under Turkish control.