>From: David Harvey <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Books - Forgot one! >Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:28:29 EDT > >I forgot to include a real jewel of a book: > >"A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains" by Isabella Bird (forward written by >Daniel Boorstein). > >A primary source from the letters of Isabella Bird, an English woman who >traveled from San Francisco, over the Sierras and into the Colorado Rockies in >1873. She was not only an intelligent and astute observer of daily life, but she >produced one of the most sensitive and descriptive historical travel >narratives yet written (it makes wonderful bedtime reading). > >From encountering a camp of desperadoes and grizzly bears in the Sierras, >living in Estes Park and being one of the first to climb Long's Peak (14,255 >ft.), to her conversations with the outlaw poet Desperado Jim, and her traversing >hundreds of miles through mountains, rivers, and plains on her steadfast pony >Birdie. > >Folks this account is magnetic! About as good as a primary source can get! > >Cheers! >Dave > >David Harvey >Artifacts >2930 South Birch Street >Denver, CO 80222 >303-300-5257 >[log in to unmask] > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).