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The Magnificent Mountain Women

Adventures in the Colorado Rockies

Janet Robertson author Arlene Blum editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Published:1st Oct '03

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The Magnificent Mountain Women cover

Since the Pikes Peak gold rush in the mid-nineteenth century, women have gone into the mountains of Colorado to hike, climb, ski, homestead, botanize, act as guides, practice medicine, and meet a variety of other challenges, whether for sport or for livelihood. This book recounts their exploits.Since the Pikes Peak gold rush in the mid–nineteenth century, women have gone into the mountains of Colorado to hike, climb, ski, homestead, botanize, act as guides, practice medicine, and meet a variety of other challenges, whether for sport or for livelihood. Janet Robertson recounts their exploits in a lively, well-illustrated book that measures up to its title, The Magnificent Mountain Women. Arlene Blum provides a new introduction to this edition.

"Janet Robertson, herself a climber and skier, has done remarkable research, culling anecdotes from letters, journals, and old newspapers, and bringing back to life more than sixty adventurous women who braved skepticism and hardship to experience the challenge and beauty of the Rockies."-Booklist Booklist

ISBN: 9780803289956

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 417g

276 pages

2nd edition