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Women explorers : perils, pistols, and petticoats / Julie Cummins ; illustrated by Cheryl Harness.
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| Authors: |
Cummins, Julie.
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| Call number: |
j920.72 CUM |
| Publisher: |
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012. |
| Publication date: |
c2012. |
| Subject: |
Women explorers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- Juvenile literature.
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| Title: |
Women explorers : perils, pistols, and petticoats / Julie Cummins ; illustrated by Cheryl Harness. |
| Physical description: |
48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 27 cm. |
| Contents note: |
Louise Arner Boyd (1887-1972 : from parties to polar bears -- Nellie Cashman (1850-1925) : go west, young lady -- Ynes Mexia (1870-1938) : going green -- Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969) : a bug up her sleeve -- Annie Smith Peck (1850-1935) : how high can you climb? -- Alexandrine Tinné (1835-1869) : mystery of the Nile -- Delia Julia Denning Akeley (1875-1970) : Africa, from dawn to tusk -- Violet Cressy-Marcks (1890-1970) : "shrinking violet?" -- not this lady! -- Freya Stark (1893-1993) : Arabian nights and days -- Daisy Bates (1863-1951) : walk on the wild side. |
| Summary note: |
Introduces inspiring women whose passions for exploration made them push the boundaries, including Nellie Cashman, Annie Smith Peck, and Delia Julia Denning Akeley. |
| Biography note: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 48). |
| Added author: |
Harness, Cheryl, ill.
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| ISBN: |
9780803737136 (trade)
0803737130 (trade) |
| LCCN: |
2011021627 |
| Url for this record: |
http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1355158
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| Bib No.: |
1355158 |
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