A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains:
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Hint: You can preview this book by clicking on "Preview" which is located under the cover of this book. About the author: Isabella Lucy Bird, married name Bishop FRGS (15 October 1831 Ð 7 October 1904), was a nineteenth-century English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist. With Fanny Jane Butler she founded the John Bishop Memorial hospital in Srinagar. She was the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.Bird was born on 15 October 1831 at Boroughbridge Hall, Yorkshire, the home of her maternal grandmother. Her parents were Rev Edward Bird BA (1794-1858) and his second wife, Dora Lawson (1803-1866). Boroughbridge was her father's first curacy after taking orders in 1830, and it was here he met Dora.Bird moved several times during her childhood. In 1832, Reverend Bird was appointed curate in Maidenhead, where Isabella's brother Edward was born and died in his first year. Excerpt from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Bird