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Women of the Four Winds: The Adventures of Four of America's first women explorers Paperback - 1999
by Olds, Elizabeth Fagg
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- Good
- Paperback
Annie Smith Peck attempted seven times to climb Peru's highest mountain; Delia Akeley hunted big game in Africa; Marguerite Harrison spied in Russia for America; Louise Arner Boyd led expeditions to perilous East Greenland. Precursors of the modern Jane Goodalls and Sally Rides, these women represent a fascinating but forgotten era in the literature of exploration.
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Details
- Title Women of the Four Winds: The Adventures of Four of America's first women explorers
- Author Olds, Elizabeth Fagg
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperOne, Boston
- Date 1999-05-11
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0395957842-3-31584645
- ISBN 9780395957844 / 0395957842
- Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 5.98 x 0.88 in (22.81 x 15.19 x 2.24 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Dewey Decimal Code 910.922
Summary
Annie Smith Peck attempted seven times to climb Peru's highest mountain; Delia Akeley hunted big game in Africa; Marguerite Harrison spied in Russia for America; Louise Arner Boyd led expeditions to perilous East Greenland. Precursors of the modern Jane Goodalls and Sally Rides, these women represent a fascinating but forgotten era in the literature of exploration.
First line
FROM THE DAYS of the mythical Argonauts until relatively recent times, the business of discovery and exploration, whether legendary or real, inevitably featured an all-male cast.