| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 410, I-72 p.) : ill. |
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Originally published: London : J. Murray, 1899. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Summary |
Isabella Bird was one of the greatest travelers and travel writers of all time, and this is her last major book, a sympathetic look at inland China and beyond into Tibet at the end of the 19th century. In describing the journey, Isabella provides a rich mix of observations and describes two occasions when she is almost killed by anti-foreign mobs. It many ways, Isabella created the model for travel writing today, and this one of her greatest works. |
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China -- Description and travel.
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Yangtze River Valley (China) -- Description and travel.
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Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 -- Travel -- China.
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Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 -- Travel -- China -- Yangtze River Valley.
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TRAVEL.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904. (OCoLC)fst00009971 |
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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China. (OCoLC)fst01206073 |
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China -- Yangtze River Valley. (OCoLC)fst01275745 |
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Bird, Isabella Lucy, 1831-1904. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Freading.
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| Related To |
Print version: Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904. Yangtze Valley and beyond. Hong Kong : China Economic Review Pub. for Earnshaw Books, 2008 9789881732620 (OCoLC)213448287 |
| ISBN |
9789881732620 (electronic bk.) |
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988173262X (electronic bk.) |
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9789888107902 (electronic bk.) |
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9888107909 (electronic bk.) |
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