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Authors: Peggy O'Neill, Peggy O'Neil
ISBN-13: 9780762710645, ISBN-10: 0762710640
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Date Published: August 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Peggy O'Neill

Peggy O'Neill is the outdoor editor for the Helena Independent Record and a freelance writer in her spare time. When not writing about the outdoors, she is outside fly fishing, backcountry skiing, mountain biking ,and backpacking. She lives in Helena, Montana.

Book Synopsis

From Mavis Lorenz, septugenarian big-game hunter, to fly-casting expert Lori Ann Murphy, to Susan Eckert, founder of AdventureWomen--the women in this book are not only great outdoorswomen, they are women who blazed their own trails in activities formerly dominated by men.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsvii
Introductionix
Lori-Ann Murphy: Queen of the No-Pride Club1
Susan Eckert: Adventure Inspiration11
Alison Dunlap: Some Girls Have All the Luck19
Lena Conlan: Having Her Own Way25
Zoe King: The Mother of All Ski Bums35
Leslie Ross: Babe in the Backcountry41
Laura Ziemer: Passing On the Passion47
Amy Bullard: Keeping It Simple53
Jody Welch: Wildlife Artist59
Mavis Lorenz: The Company of Herself65
Pam Houston: Pretending to Be Pam Houston75
AppendixResources for Women's Outdoor Adventures83
About the Author85

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