Embrace of the Wild - Ballou, Linda
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"I have just dropped into the very place I have been seeking but in everything it exceeds all my dreams. " Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904) Some people live to travel; Isabella Lucy Bird traveled to live. Dare to saddle up with this equestrian explorer on her way to becoming the best-loved travel writer of her day. Set off on a voyage from England to the South Seas. Jump ship in Honolulu, then hop on board the Kilauea steaming its way to sleepy Hilo. Be captivated by the lavish beauty of the Sandwich Islands. Charge up the flank of a living volcano, ford roaring torrents on the way to Waipio…mehr

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"I have just dropped into the very place I have been seeking but in everything it exceeds all my dreams. " Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904) Some people live to travel; Isabella Lucy Bird traveled to live. Dare to saddle up with this equestrian explorer on her way to becoming the best-loved travel writer of her day. Set off on a voyage from England to the South Seas. Jump ship in Honolulu, then hop on board the Kilauea steaming its way to sleepy Hilo. Be captivated by the lavish beauty of the Sandwich Islands. Charge up the flank of a living volcano, ford roaring torrents on the way to Waipio Valley where the gods come close. Feel the loving touch of the healing hands of a Hawaiian elder and let go of chronic pain that has held you captive. Invigorated from your stay in Hawai'i press on to ride solo in Colorado on a 600-mile mountain tour. Here you meet an unlikely soulmate in the form of renegade Rocky Mountain Jim. Convince him to guide you to the top of the loftiest peak in the Rocky Range, and try not to fall in love with him and the majesty of his realm. Know the wild abandon of giving rein to your mount with tears streaming, hair flying, and blood pumping. Set your spirit free with Isabella as she breaks through physical and social barriers to follow her dreams
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Adventure travel writer, Linda Ballou, is the author of three novels and numerous travel articles appearing in national publications. Linda's Lost Angel Walkabout-One Traveler's Tales is the first installment in her Lost Angel Adventure trilogy. It is an armchair traveler's delight filled with adventure to whet your wanderlust. Linda loves living on the coast of California and has created a collection of her favorite day trips for you in Lost Angel in Paradise. Lost Angel Unleashed the third book in her travel series is travel memoir takes you on her most meaningful journeys. Her novel Wai-nani, a New Voice from old Hawai'i, is her ultimate destination piece. It takes you to the wild heart of old Hawai'i, a place you can't get to any other way. Hang on tight for a thrilling ride from the show jumping arena to the ethereal beauty of the John Muir Wilderness in The Cowgirl Jumped Over the Moon. Her latest effort, Embrace of the Wild, is historical fiction inspired by the dynamic Isabella Bird, a Victorian-age woman who explored Hawai'i and the Rocky Mountains in the late 1870s.