Sunrise over the plains restored her courage to continue

Evidence

I was awake all night at Longmount owing to the stifling heat, and got up nervous and miserable, ready to give up the thought of coming here, but the sunrise over the Plains, and the wonderful red of the Rocky Mountains, as they reflected the eastern sky, put spirit into me. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 94

Categorization

• XREF: The landscape-restores-resolve motif echoes her own writing on nature, and the arc from misery to resolve over a sunrise mirrors her episodes elsewhere in the journey — the same shape recurs in her worst and best days. — connects to: A woman can claim wild land by love and memory — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 124

Broader Connections

• A woman can claim wild land by love and memory #expands (0.72) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 124