Courageous, stoic, and resourceful, Isabella Bird, a clergyman's middle-aged daughter had already survived so many mounted adventures that the Times of London had dubbed her "the boldest of travellers." The story she weaves in "Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan" celebrates the indomitable horsewoman's mounted explorations in 1890 in this once enchanted portion of the world. It is replete with both the dangers and observations Bird was famous for.
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