Isabella L. Bird

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains


Read by Laura Caldwell


Isabella Bird began travelling while in her early twenties to help alleviate illness that had plagued her since childhood. She was a single …

Among the Tibetans


Read by Availle


Isabella L. Bird was an English traveller, writer and natural historian. She was travelling in the Far East alone at a time when such endeav…

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan


Read by Availle


Isabella Lucy Bird was a 19th century English traveller, writer, and natural historian. She was a sickly child, however, while she was trave…

The Englishwoman in America


Read by Sibella Denton


Isabella Bird travels abroad in Canada and the United States in the 1850s. As an Englishwoman and a lone female, she travels as far as Chica…

Collection: Tales of the Cities


Read by Bellona Times


This is a collection of city stories, fiction or non-fiction, in English and published before 1923. Contributions have been chosen by the re…

Korea and Her Neighbors


Read by Availle


In this book, Isabella L. Bird, who had been elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society only 2 years prior, describes her travels th…

The Hawaiian Archipelago


Read by Jane Bennett


Six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. - Summary by Isabella Bird