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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

By Bird.;Bird , Isabella Lucy;Bird , Isabella L

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Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
ISBN
9781462907861, 1462907865
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4144007 bytes)
Pages
375 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1831-1904 -- Travel -- Japan;Japan -- Descripti-- 1831-1904;JapanIsabella L. -- (Isabella Lucy)Travel;Electronic books;Bird

Description

In 1878, a decade after Japan was launched into the world of modern nations by the Meiji restoration of 1868, Isabella Lucy Bird set off alone to explore the interior. Ninety years ago Japan was still a mysterious country to Westerners. Miss Bird must have presented a fearsome sight to Japanese villagers when she came into view clad in American mountain dress and Wellington boots. However the country people liked her. She took off her boots before enteringhouses, she was of small stature, of quiet voice, and courteous! Many of the Japanese she met had never see a European before. They were con.;Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction to the New Edition; Preface; Letter I.; Letter II.; Letter III.; Letter IV.; Letter V.; Letter VI.; Letter VI.--(Continuted.); Letter VII.; Letter VIII.; Letter IX.; Letter X.; Letter X.--(Continued.); Letter X.--(Completed.); Letter XI.; Letter XII.; Letter XII.--(Concluded.); Letter XIII.; Letter XIV.; Letter XV.; Letter XVI.; Letter XVII.; Letter XVIII.; Letter XIX.; Letter XX.; Letter XX.--(Continued.); Letter XX.--(Concluded.); Letter XXI.; Letter XXII.; Letter XXIII.; Letter XXIV.; Letter XXV.; Letter XXVI.; Letter XXVII.; Letter XXVIII. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Introduction to the New Edition Preface Letter I. Letter II. Letter III. Letter IV. Letter V. Letter VI. Letter VI.--(Continuted.) Letter VII. Letter VIII. Letter IX. Letter X. Letter X.--(Continued.) Letter X.--(Completed.) Letter XI. Letter XII. Letter XII.--(Concluded.) Letter XIII. Letter XIV. Letter XV. Letter XVI. Letter XVII. Letter XVIII. Letter XIX. Letter XX. Letter XX.--(Continued.) Letter XX.--(Concluded.) Letter XXI. Letter XXII. Letter XXIII. Letter XXIV. Letter XXV. Letter XXVI. Letter XXVII. Letter XXVIII. Letter XXVIII.--(Continued.)Letter XXIX. Letter XXX. Letter XXXI. Letter XXXII. Letter XXXIII. Letter XXXIV. Letter XXXV. Letter XXXV.--(Continued.) Letter XXXVI. Letter XXXVI.--(Continued.) Letter XXXVII. Letter XXXVII.--(Continued.) Letter XXXVII.--(Continued.) Letter XXXVIII. Letter XXXIX. Letter XXXIX.--(Continued.) Letter XL. Letter XL.--(Continued.) Letter XLI. Letter XLII. Letter XLIII. Letter XLIV. Index.

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