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Women in the wild : true stories of adventure and connection
- Title
- Women in the wild : true stories of adventure and connection / collected and edited by Lucy McCauley.
- Publication
- San Francisco, Calif. : Travelers' Tales ; Sebastopol, Calif. : Distributed by O'Reilly and Associates, ©1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | G465 .W65 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- McCauley, Lucy.
- Description
- xiv, 292 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- Stories of "women who foray into the winderness, explore remote jungle rivers, climb Mt. Everest, swim across Lake Titicaca, rescue endangered animals, and survive a shark attack," written by such authors as Annie Dillard, Jane Goodall, Alice Walker, and Tracy Johnston.
- Series Statement
- Travelers' tales guides
- Uniform Title
- Travelers' Tales guides
- Alternative Title
- True stories of adventure and connection
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Travelers' writings.
- Anecdotes
- Anecdotes.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Part 1. Essence of the Wild -- Looking for Lovedu / Ann Jones -- To Jump or Not to Jump? / Hannelore Hahn -- Climbing Mt. Everest / Margo Chisholm and Ray Bruce -- Bread upon the Waters / Brenda Peterson -- Deer at Providencia / Annie Dillard -- Rocks in My Head / Terry Strother -- Pelican / Lynne Cox -- Am I Blue? / Alice Walker -- Desert Affair / Tehila Lieberman -- Part 2. Some Things to Do -- Diving the Jungle / Denise M. Spranger -- Hang Gliding Big Sur / Carol Droge Clark -- Catch / Sara Fraser -- No Road? No Problem / Lesley Hazleton -- Rafting the Boh / Tracy Johnston -- Tracking Lessons / Hannah Nyala -- Up the Volcano / Lucy McCauley -- On Flying / Lesley Hazleton -- Part 3. Going Your Own Way -- Preying / Marguerite Rigoglioso -- Rescue in the Exotic Animal Market / Karin Muller -- Swimming Titicaca / Lynne Cox -- Skunk Dreams / Louise Erdrich -- Feeling the Green / Kyle E. McHugh -- Walking Her Sorrow into Life / Sharon Balentine -- Among Chimpanzees / Jane Goodall -- Nature of Birth / Rebecca Aaland -- Alone with the Rabari / Robyn Davidson -- Part 4. In the Shadows -- Lightning Strike / Gretel Ehrlich -- Hyena / Joanna Greenfield -- Looking for Footprints / Susan Fox Rogers -- Beyond the Ruins / Joy Nicholson -- Nature, Fear, and Race / Evelyn C. White -- Survival at Sea / Deborah Scaling Kiley and Meg Noonan -- Part 5. Last Word -- Undressing the Bear / Terry Tempest Williams.
- ISBN
- 188521121X
- 9781885211217
- OCLC
- ocm39755296
- 39755296
- SCSB-962562
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library