03381nam 2200685 a 450 991045299780332120200520144314.01-60223-174-5(CKB)2550000000107320(EBL)1820941(SSID)ssj0000687487(PQKBManifestationID)12265863(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000687487(PQKBWorkID)10755941(PQKB)10742557(MiAaPQ)EBC1820941(Au-PeEL)EBL1820941(CaPaEBR)ebr10578641(OCoLC)893740703(EXLCZ)99255000000010732020110817d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBoots, bikes, and bombers[electronic resource] adventures of Alaska conservationist Ginny Hill Wood /edited by Karen BrewsterFairbanks University of Alaska Pressc20121 online resource (537 p.)Oral history seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-60223-173-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 Service Pilot in World War II, and flew a military surplus airplane to Alaska in 1946. Settling in Fairbanks, she went on to co-found Camp Denali, Alaska's first wilderness ecotourism lodge; helped start the Alaska Conservation Society, the state's first environmental organization; and applied her love of the outdoors to her work as a backcountry guide and an advocate for trail construction aOral history series.Women conservationistsAlaskaBiographyConservationistsAlaskaBiographyWomen adventurersAlaskaBiographyWilderness areasAlaskaOral historyAlaskaAlaskaDescription and travelAlaskaEnvironmental conditionsElectronic books.Women conservationistsConservationistsWomen adventurersWilderness areasOral history639.9092BWood Ginny931369Brewster Karen931370MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452997803321Boots, bikes, and bombers2095136UNINA