San Francisco: Travellers' Tales Inc, 2000. 1st Thus. Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good. 8vo. xxvi + 348pp. Japan had just opened its doors to the West within the past decade, and Bird traversed regions unknown to many of the island nation's inhabitants. Traveling more than 1,400 miles by pack horse, rickshaw, and foot, she followed winding mountain trails and crossed countless rivers to meet villagers in their remote communities and peasant farmers in their fields. In poignant, vivid letters to her sister and friends, Bird describes the vicissitudes of her journey--the discomforts and difficulties as well as the pleasures and excitement of discovery. 40 of the author's own sketches and photographs illustrate her captivating stories.

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Isabella L. Bird (1831 - 1904) was a nineteenth-century English traveler, writer, and a natural historian. From Bird's preface in Unbeaten Tracks in Japan:This is not a "Book on Japan," but a narrative of travels in Japan, and an attempt to contribute something to the sum of knowledge of the present condition of the country, and it was not till I had travelled for some months in the interior of the main island and in Yezo that I decided that my materials were novel enough to render the contribution worth making. From Nikko northwards my route was altogether off the beaten track, and had never been traversed in its entirety by any European. I lived among the Japanese, and saw their mode of living, in regions unaffected by European contact. As a lady travelling alone, and the first European lady who had been seen in several districts through which my route lay, my experiences differed more or less widely from those of preceding travellers; and I am able to offer a fuller account of the aborigines of Yezo, obtained by actual acquaintance with them, than has hitherto been given. These are my chief reasons for offering this volume to the public.

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Bookseller: Alta-Glamour Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 90796
Title: UNBEATEN TRACKS IN JAPAN
Author: Bird, Isabella L
Book Condition: Used - Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Thus
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 1885211570
ISBN 13: 9781885211576
Publisher: Travellers' Tales Inc
Place of Publication: San Francisco
Date Published: 2000

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