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A novel based on the true story of the British traveler Isabella Bird, a dauntless Victorian woman who refused to be thwarted by the suffocating feminine rules of her era.Earl Murray tells a based on the real-life exploits of Isabella Bird, daughter of an Anglican clergyman, who defies her family and Victorian era social ideals, and, in the 1870s, leaves home at a young age to travel the world -- alone. On her adventures, which include a journey into the mouth of an active volcano in Hawaii, none is more daunting than her determination to be the first woman to climb Long's Peak, the highest point in the Colorado Rockies. In the Arms of the Sky is the unforgettable story of a woman who let her curiosity, talent, intelligence, and heart serve as her life's guide.
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