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Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005
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- Title
- How High Can We Climb?: The Story of Women Explorers
- Author
- Atkins, Jeannine
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0374335036
- ISBN 13
- 9780374335038
- Illustrator
- Petricic, Dusan
A celebration of remarkably brave women
In 1766, young Jeanne Baret is housekeeper to Dr. Philibert
Commerson, a physician turned naturalist for the King of
France. When Dr. Commerson is invited to participate in a
long, exploratory sea voyage, collecting specimens, Jeanne
wants to go, too. The only way is to disguise herself as a boy
and steal aboard the ship. This is how Jeanne Baret becomes
the first woman to sail around the world. Such determination
characterizes each of the twelve women profiled here
including Josephine Peary, Sylvia Earle, Junko Tabei, and
Ann Bancroft. They come from across the globe, and their lives
span about 240 years. Their accomplishments are real and their
stories enhanced by thoughts and dialogue imagined by the
author to bring them to life are contained within a framework
of known facts.
These tales of sailors, cavers, mountain climbers, deep-sea
divers, and other explorers, combined with Dusan Petricics
clever pictures, will inspire a new generation of dreamers.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
JEANNINE ATKINS is the author of Wings and Rockets, which
appeared on the ALA Amelia Bloomer Project list. She lives in
western Massachusetts.
DUSAN PETRICIC lives in Toronto, Ontario.
appeared on the ALA Amelia Bloomer Project list. She lives in
western Massachusetts.
DUSAN PETRICIC lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Jeannine Atkins is the author of Wings and Rockets, which appeared on the ALA Amelia Bloomer Project list. She lives in western Massachusetts.
Dusan Petricic lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Dusan Petricic lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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