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Women Travelers, Adventurers, and Trailblazers: 1850-1950
An award-winning novelist brings to life the stories of the greatest women adventurers in history. From deserts and jungles to mountains and icebergs, they faced unimaginable dangers as they crossed all five continents, often armed with little more than a corset and an umbrella. Spanning a decade, this book mixes triumph and tragedy. The featured women include Fanny Vandeg...more
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
October 16th 2007
by Flammarion
(first published September 3rd 2007)
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This is an interesting book as it presents a the stories of a variety of women travellers, travelling in the great era of exploration. For those well versed in travel literature, some of the names will be familiar, but a strength of the book is that it also touches on many less familiar and well know characters.
One drawback is that this is definitely aimed at the light read / pretty to look at sort of market rather than anyone interested in detailed biographies. But if you want something to get...more
One drawback is that this is definitely aimed at the light read / pretty to look at sort of market rather than anyone interested in detailed biographies. But if you want something to get...more
I recently borrowed this book from my local public library. Not exactly a book that you read from cover to cover, but it serves the purpose of a well-constructed reference book. Each biography is compelling and pressed me to look further into the lives of several of the women profiled.
This is a beautiful book and I will definitely be on the lookout to buy a copy of my own.
This is a beautiful book and I will definitely be on the lookout to buy a copy of my own.
great compilation of women exploring the world in the 'man's world' of the times...loved all the stories...& photos...
Read about the adventures of uppity women from Catalina de Erauso to Emily Hahn.
Very interesting, fascinating book. Gives a good inside into female travelers in former times. Only thing missing were maps. It is nice that the authors listed all the places the woman in question visited but it would have been nice to have the according maps. Would have made things much easier for me. I especially liked the articels about Mary Kingsley and Gertrude Bell, two of my favorite female explorers.
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Alexandra Lapierre has won international acclaim for her writing. Her works have been widely translated and she has received numerous awards, including the Honorary Award of the Association of American University Women. She earned an MFA degree in 1981 from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
The daughter of the writer Dominique Lapierre, she was brought up surrounded by books. At...more
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