Author | : Elizabeth Fagg Olds |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Release Date | : 17 April 1999 |
ISBN 10 | : 9780395957844 |
Pages | : 318 pages |
Rating | : /5 ( users) |
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.