A mile in her boots
Subtitle: women who work in the wild
By: edited by Jennifer Bové.
Contributors: Bové, Jennifer, 1973-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Solas House
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Palo Alto, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Women -- Employment -- United States -- Anecdotes; Outdoor life -- United States -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes.
Description: "A collection of true stories by women who do a variety of outdoor jobs, from smoke jumping to biology, river running to professional falconry, horse packing to atmospheric science, and more"--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Camp cookie packs up and goes home / Nancy Stevens; title: Orion's surprise / Judy Edwards; title: The immaculate observatory / Kathleen Yale; title: Hurled to the shark / Leslie Leyland Fields; title: Saw chips in my bra / Ana Maria Spagna; title: After the mountain men / Susan Marsh; title: Near misses : two seasons at 9 [degrees] / Lela Stanley; title: Firefight / Rebecca Goodrich; title: The rest of Elvis / Jane Duncan; title: Keep going up, keep moving on / Karla Theilen; title: Caught for sure / Maryjane Butters; title: First watch / Beth Ann Amico; title: Dirt / Christine Byl; title: A hole worth digging / Colleen O'Brien; title: Trail guard / Gretchen Dawn Yost; title: Alyeska invert / Jennifer Esterl; title: San Pedro martir / Maggie Webster McManus; title: First night at field camp / Jennifer Bové; title: Tracking hope / Kathy Marieb; title: Precautionary landing / Suzanne Wade; title: Collecting clouds / Angela Cannon; title: Take the "C" train / Rebecca Lawton; title: The mushing life / Erin C. Altemus; title: She ran calling godilta / Mary Stuever; title: The adventure family / Betsy Kepes; title: Hours till dawn / Elizabeth Dayton; title: Big lesson, little island / Erin Andrea Falcone; title: Bone boiling / Kathleen Yale; title: A hawk is my weapon / A. Lee Chichester; title: Beyond thunder mountain / Susan Marsh; title: For the birds / Jennifer Bove; title: Milk / Lori Messenger; title: Radiant lives / Deborah McArthur.