Boots, bikes, and bombers : adventures of Alaska conservationist Ginny Hill Wood /

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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 Service Pilot in World War II, and flew a military surplus airplane to Alaska in 1946. Settling in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wood, Ginny
Other Authors: Brewster, Karen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2012.
Series:Oral biography series ; no. 5.
Subjects:
Wood, Ginny.
Wood, Ginny > Travel.
Camp Denali > History.
Camp Denali.
Women conservationists > Alaska > Biography.
Conservationists > Alaska > Biography.
Women adventurers > Alaska > Biography.
Wilderness areas > Alaska.
Oral history > Alaska.
Femmes écologistes (Défenseuses de l'environnement) > Alaska > Biographies.
Écologistes (Défenseurs de l'environnement) > Alaska > Biographies.
Aventurières > Alaska > Biographies.
Réserves de la vie sauvage > Alaska.
Histoire orale > Alaska.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Conservationists.
Ecology.
Oral history.
Travel.
Wilderness areas.
Women adventurers.
Women conservationists.
Alaska > Description and travel.
Alaska > Environmental conditions.
Alaska > Descriptions et voyages.
Alaska > Conditions environnementales.
Alaska.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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