My First Travels in North America Death in Venice

Death in Venice

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My First Travels in North America Death in VeniceA woman ahead of her time, Isabella Bird (18311904) ranks among the most adventurous travel writers of her era. In this captivating travelogue, she reports to her sister back home in England on a series of journeys through nineteenth century Canada and the United States. Bird recounts with passion and sensitivity such sights as wigwams on Prince Edward Island and Quebec's romantic falls of Lorette, in addition to dark encounters with cholera, slavery,