Boots, bikes, and bombers adventures of Alaska conservationist Ginny Hill Wood /
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...
| Основен автор: | Wood, Ginny. |
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| Други автори: | Brewster, Karen. |
| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Fairbanks :
University of Alaska Press,
℗♭2012.
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| Серия: |
Oral biography series ;
no. 5. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=466696 |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 523 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
1602231745 9781602231740 |