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Autore |
Wood Ginny |
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Titolo |
Boots, bikes, and bombers [[electronic resource] ] : adventures of Alaska conservationist Ginny Hill Wood / / edited by Karen Brewster |
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Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, c2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (537 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women conservationists - Alaska |
Conservationists - Alaska |
Women adventurers - Alaska |
Wilderness areas - Alaska |
Oral history - Alaska |
Electronic books. |
Alaska Description and travel |
Alaska Environmental conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Childhood : The Foundation of an Adventurous Life -- Europe by Bicycle -- Flying and the Women's Airforce Service Pilots -- A Life-long Friendship : Meeting Celia Hunter -- A Summer Under Sail -- Alaska : The Early Years -- Returning to Europe -- Exploring Katmai National Park -- Finding a Place to Call Home -- Establishing Camp Denali : Alaska's First Wilderness Camp -- Driving the Denali Park Road -- Exploring Mount McKinley's Backcountry -- Camp Denali Staff and Friends -- Flying Search and Rescue -- Selling Camp Denali -- Preserving Alaska -- Tundra Treks : Guiding Wilderness Trips -- Breaking Trail -- Traveling the Globe -- The Loss of a Friend -- Reflections -- Map of Alaska. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Boots, Bikes, and Bombers presents an intimate oral history of Ginny Hill Wood, a pioneering Alaska conservationist and outdoorswoman. Born in Washington in 1917, Wood served as a Women's Airforce |
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