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How High Can We Climb?: The Story of Women Explorers
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Title: How High Can We Climb?: The Story of Women Explorers
Author: Jeannine Atkins
ISBN: 9780374335038
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 224
Condition: Used Copy
Publisher Description: 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 Petricic's clever pictures, will inspire a new generation of dreamers.
Author: Jeannine Atkins
ISBN: 9780374335038
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 224
Condition: Used Copy
Publisher Description: 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 Petricic's clever pictures, will inspire a new generation of dreamers.
