Embrace of the Wild-Equestrian Explorer Isabella Bird

Some people live to travel, Isabella Lucy Bird traveled to live. A story of raw courage and fierce strength of a plucky English woman’s un-flinching desire to be free. Impetuous, strong-willed Isabella defied her strict Evangelical upbringing and the societal expectations of the Victorian age to fulfill her dreams. She redeemed her body after botched surgeries on her spine resulting in years of chronic back pain. Mustered the stamina to ride on the flank of a living volcano in Hawai’i? Herded feral cattle in the wilds of the Rocky Mountains and convinced ruffian, Rocky Mountain Jim, to guide her up Longs Peak. Does opening the flood gate to repressed sensuality with a man only a fool would marry stop her from following her own destiny? Ride with this intrepid horsewoman who broke barriers at every turn to become the most beloved travel writer of her time.