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Letters to Henrietta

by Isabella Bird, Kay Chubbuck

This collection of previously unpublished letters documents journeys through Australia, North America, and Asia during the 1870s. The correspondence provides a personal account of global travel and offers insight into the writer's health and private life.

Accession 21491 ISBN 1555535542 Publisher Northwestern University Press
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