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The accidental adventurer : memoirs of the first woman to climb Mount McKinley

Title
The accidental adventurer : memoirs of the first woman to climb Mount McKinley / Barbara Washburn, with Lew Freedman.
Author
Washburn, Barbara, 1914-
Publication
Kenmore, WA : Epicenter Press, c2001.

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Additional Authors
Freedman, Lew.
Description
192 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Washburn, Barbara, 1914-
  • Women adventurers > United States > Biography
  • Women mountaineers > United States > Biography
  • Adventure and adventurers > United States > Biography
  • Mountaineering > Alaska > McKinley, Mount
  • Denali, Mount (Alaska)
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Education of a young girl -- Year in France -- Love and marriage -- North to Alaska - First ascent -- Soul-searching -- March up Mount Hayes -- Joy at the summit -- Wartime separation -- Challenge of McKinley -- To high camp -- Blizzard -- On the roof of North America -- Mixed emotions -- Night on top -- Motel camping -- Grand Canyon -- Map of Everest -- Tourists with a purpose -- 'Something terrible' -- Audience with the king -- Shimmering light on Everest -- View into Heaven.
Call Number
JFE 03-762
ISBN
  • 0945397917
  • 0945397976
LCCN
00136170
OCLC
46973713
Author
Washburn, Barbara, 1914-
Title
The accidental adventurer : memoirs of the first woman to climb Mount McKinley / Barbara Washburn, with Lew Freedman.
Imprint
Kenmore, WA : Epicenter Press, c2001.
Added Author
Freedman, Lew.
Research Call Number
JFE 03-762
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