Description |
1 online resource (xii, 523 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
Series |
Oral biography series ; v. 5
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Oral biography series ; no. 5.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
Summary |
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 a. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Wood, Ginny.
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Wood, Ginny. |
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Wood, Ginny -- Travel.
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Travel. |
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Camp Denali -- History.
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Camp Denali. |
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History. |
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Wood, Ginny. |
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Camp Denali. |
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Women conservationists -- Alaska -- Biography.
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Women conservationists. |
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Alaska. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Conservationists -- Alaska -- Biography.
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Conservationists. |
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Women adventurers -- Alaska -- Biography.
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Women adventurers. |
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Alaska -- Description and travel.
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Wilderness areas -- Alaska.
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Wilderness areas. |
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Alaska -- Environmental conditions.
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Environmental conditions. |
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Oral history -- Alaska.
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Oral history. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Added Author |
Brewster, Karen.
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9781602231733 1602231737 (DLC) 2011033346 |
ISBN |
1602231745 (electronic book) |
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9781602231740 (electronic book) |
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9781602231733 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1602231737 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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