San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. "If Alexander Trophimowsky had not taken charge of his illegitimate daughter's education and upbringing, no one would have ever heard of Isabelle Eberhardt. By obliging her to perform hard physical labor outdoors alongside her brothers during her childhood and adolescence, he made it possible for her to withstand the rigors of the spartan life she was to live later on..... More