Women of the Four Winds

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.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth F. Clds, Elizabeth Fagg Olds
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.05.1999
• EAN: 9780395957844
• ISBN: 978-0-395-95784-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Biography: general, Travel writing, Social and cultural history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: adventurers and explorers, HISTORY: Social History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Gender Studies, TRAVEL: Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY: Expeditions & Discoveries, HISTORY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Adventurers & Explorers, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Women's Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Cultural & Regional