The Yangtze Valley and Beyond by Bird Isabella L Bird, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Isabella Bird was one of the greatest travelers and travel writers of all time, and this is her last major book, a sympathetic look at inland China and beyond into Tibet at the end of the 19th century. In describing the journey, Isabella provides a rich mix of observations and describes two occasions when she is almost killed by anti-foreign mobs. It many ways, Isabella created the model for travel writing today, and this one of her greatest works. | The Yangtze Valley and Beyond by Bird Isabella L Bird, Paperback | Indigo Chapters