Comments on: The books of Isabella L. Bird http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/31/the-books-of-isabella-l-bird/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:37:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Stacy http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/31/the-books-of-isabella-l-bird/#comment-703790 Stacy Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:34:46 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/31/the-books-of-isabella-l-bird/#comment-703790 A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains is amazing. She traveled alone by horse through the American West in the late 1800's, and wrote about it all to her sister. Great stuff. A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains is amazing. She traveled alone by horse through the American West in the late 1800’s, and wrote about it all to her sister. Great stuff.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/31/the-books-of-isabella-l-bird/#comment-703676 Mike Cane Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:12:28 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/31/the-books-of-isabella-l-bird/#comment-703676 Wow. She got there before Lafcadio Hearn! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafcadio_Hearn (Hearn is available in e. If you can't find him, leave a Comment here and I'll post an URL.) Wow. She got there before Lafcadio Hearn!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafcadio_Hearn

(Hearn is available in e. If you can’t find him, leave a Comment here and I’ll post an URL.)

]]> By: Paul Gilster http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/31/the-books-of-isabella-l-bird/#comment-703578 Paul Gilster Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:41:32 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/01/31/the-books-of-isabella-l-bird/#comment-703578 Thanks! Just downloaded the Japan book. I love posts like this that point to the treasures out there in the public domain. Another reminder, as if one were needed, of why copyright reform is so important. Think of all those good books from the 1930s and 40s that are out there in copyright limbo, un-reprintable because of sparse demand and thus unavailable to a potential new readership. -- Paul Thanks! Just downloaded the Japan book. I love posts like this that point to the treasures out there in the public domain. Another reminder, as if one were needed, of why copyright reform is so important. Think of all those good books from the 1930s and 40s that are out there in copyright limbo, un-reprintable because of sparse demand and thus unavailable to a potential new readership. — Paul

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