Women explorers
Subtitle: perils, pistols, and petticoats
By: Julie Cummins ; illustrated by Cheryl Harness
Contributors: Harness, Cheryl, ill
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780803737136
Subjects: Women explorers; Juvenile literature; Explorers; Biography; Women
Description: Introduces inspiring women whose passions for exploration made them push the boundaries, including Nellie Cashman, Annie Smith Peck, and Delia Julia Denning Akeley.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).
Table of contents: title: Louise Arner Boyd (1887-1972 : from parties to polar bears; title: Nellie Cashman (1850-1925) : go west, young lady; title: Ynes Mexia (1870-1938) : going green; title: Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969) : a bug up her sleeve; title: Annie Smith Peck (1850-1935) : how high can you climb?; title: Alexandrine Tinné (1835-1869) : mystery of the Nile; title: Delia Julia Denning Akeley (1875-1970) : Africa, from dawn to tusk; title: Violet Cressy-Marcks (1890-1970) : "shrinking violet?"; title: not this lady!; title: Freya Stark (1893-1993) : Arabian nights and days; title: Daisy Bates (1863-1951) : walk on the wild side.