My First Holiday (Classic Reprint): Or Letters Home From Colorado, Utah, and California - Couverture souple

Caroline H. Dall

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331220459 ISBN 13 : 9781331220459

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from My First Holiday

Among modern travellers Isabella Bird holds an enviable place. For the same reason that she consents to Sacrifice artistic arrangement, and Submits her reader to the egotistic pressure of letters, I have consented to do the same.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the spring of 1880, several physicians in different localities agreed in thinking that I ought to take a long journey. When it was found that I could not go to Europe, California was suggested; and not only was its moderate, equal climate praised and pressed upon my consideration, but the facilities of travel were urged. I was told that I should not find the journey fatiguing, and that for a reasonable fee I should obtain devoted service and all needful accessions to comfort, such as hot water and well kept dressing-rooms all along the way.. I thought I might as well start for the moon; but it proved unexpectedly possible, and so I had seven months of unadulterated pleasure. I could not write to my friends during my rapid transit from Colorado to Utah, and from Utah to California, and up and down its length and breadth. My seven months of pleasure, however, did not bring the climate that was promised; nor did I find it easy to travel alone beyond the Rocky Mountains. On the contrary, for the first time, I found myself commanding neither attention nor respect on the ground of simple womanhood.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331220459
• ISBN 13: 9781331220459
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 436
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