Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan Volume 1 of 2 Isabella L Bird 9781546733492 Books
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Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume 1 (of 2) By Isabella L. Bird
Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan Volume 1 of 2 Isabella L Bird 9781546733492 Books
Isabella Bird is best known for her travel account, A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, but this was but a blip on Isabella's travel log. Instructed by her doctor to travel to improve her health, she apparently recovered her energy and forgot about her back problems as soon as she left England. Over and over again.We are fortunate to have several less well known volumes of her travels available. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume One, makes her Colorado trip seem like a lark. Sleeping in leaking mud huts, traveling over rutted roads hardly more than paths, into parts of Asia that are still remote for all but the most determined travelers, Isabella gives us her accounts of the people, the landscape, manners, customs, costumes and so on. She has a keen eye and a vivid gift of description. Although we sense that she sees herself as more cultured and refined than her companions and the village and townspeople she encounters, the reader must give her some leeway. She IS a gentlewoman, traveling with a rather large supporting cast and I sense she could be imperious if not downright demanding. She always seems to get her way. But she never condescends to her subjects. She does not see them as downtrodden (even if they were) or "poor" or uncivilized. She describes what she sees and often shares with the people she meets.
This is perhaps not as engaging as A Lady's Life, but we are familiar with America and many readers know Colorado--I am writing this within a few miles of her route back to Denver--but it's still a good read for anyone interested in early Western travel in the Far East or in the incredible Isabella.
P.S. Her book on Tibet is even better than Journeys...
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Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan Volume 1 of 2 Isabella L Bird 9781546733492 Books Reviews
Engrossing..Isabella Bird was a remarkable, courageous woman who dared to travel the world and write detailed accounts of her experiences. All of her accounts of her travels are wonderful reads...especially since they happened last century.
It was so cool to read about a single woman navigating in Persia when it WAS Persia. This is a travel adventure that will amaze you with the vividness of descriptions of both the culture and country side of Persia in the 1800s. I love the perspective of a single woman traveling in areas where NO Europeans had yet traveled - let alone a woman. If you want to learn something exciting about history and be thrilled at the same time you will enjoy this book.
I already had this book and didn't realize it! Good read from a different period in time.
Isabella Bird is best known for her travel account, A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, but this was but a blip on Isabella's travel log. Instructed by her doctor to travel to improve her health, she apparently recovered her energy and forgot about her back problems as soon as she left England. Over and over again.
We are fortunate to have several less well known volumes of her travels available. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume One, makes her Colorado trip seem like a lark. Sleeping in leaking mud huts, traveling over rutted roads hardly more than paths, into parts of Asia that are still remote for all but the most determined travelers, Isabella gives us her accounts of the people, the landscape, manners, customs, costumes and so on. She has a keen eye and a vivid gift of description. Although we sense that she sees herself as more cultured and refined than her companions and the village and townspeople she encounters, the reader must give her some leeway. She IS a gentlewoman, traveling with a rather large supporting cast and I sense she could be imperious if not downright demanding. She always seems to get her way. But she never condescends to her subjects. She does not see them as downtrodden (even if they were) or "poor" or uncivilized. She describes what she sees and often shares with the people she meets.
This is perhaps not as engaging as A Lady's Life, but we are familiar with America and many readers know Colorado--I am writing this within a few miles of her route back to Denver--but it's still a good read for anyone interested in early Western travel in the Far East or in the incredible Isabella.
P.S. Her book on Tibet is even better than Journeys...
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