The accidental adventurer
Subtitle: memoirs of the first woman to climb Mount McKinley
By: Barbara Washburn, with Lew Freedman.
Contributors: Freedman, Lew.
Publisher: Epicenter Press; Distributor, Graphic Arts Center Pub.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Kenmore, WA; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Washburn, Barbara, 1914-; Women mountaineers -- United States -- Biography; Mountaineers -- United States -- Biography; Women adventurers -- United States -- Biography; Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography; Mountaineering -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount; Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography; McKinley, Mount (Alaska)
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface 6; title: Introduction 9; title: 1 The Education of a Young Girl 13; title: 2 A Year in France 19; title: 3 Love and Marriage 27; title: 4 North to Alaska 35; title: 5 A First Ascent 45; title: 6 Soul-Searching 55; title: 7 The March Up Mount Hayes 63; title: 8 Joy at the Summit 71; title: 9 Wartime Separation 77; title: 10 The Challenge of McKinley 85; title: 11 To High Camp 93; title: 12 The Blizzard 99; title: 13 On the Roof of North America 107; title: 14 Mixed Emotions 119; title: 15 A Night on Top 127; title: 16 Motel Camping 135; title: 17 The Grand Canyon 143; title: 18 A Map of Everest 153; title: 19 Tourists with a Purpose 159; title: 20 'Something Terrible' 165; title: 21 Audience with the King 173; title: 22 A Shimmering Light on Everest 179; title: 23 The View into Heaven 187; title: Index 191.