A selection of vivid letters home from Colorado to Bird's beloved sister Henrietta, originally published as A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879). Endlessly curious Isabella Bird traverses the Colorado territory, encountering grizzly hunters, cowboys and plagues of rattlesnakes, in this classic tale released in a handsome, slim edition by the Penguin Great Journeys series. From A lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, first published in 1879.  (USW512, $10.00)

Great Journeys