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A mile in her boots : women who work in the wild / edited by Jennifer Bové.

1st ed.

Palo Alto, Calif. : Solas House, ©2006.

xiii, 304 pages ; 21 cm

"A collection of true stories by women who do a variety of outdoor jobs, from smoke jumping to biology, river running to professional falconry, horse packing to atmospheric science, and more"--Provided by publisher.

Women -- Employment -- United States -- Anecdotes.

Outdoor life -- United States -- Anecdotes.

Anecdotes.

Bové, Jennifer, 1973-

Camp cookie packs up and goes home / Nancy Stevens -- Orion's surprise / Judy Edwards -- The immaculate observatory / Kathleen Yale -- Hurled to the shark / Leslie Leyland Fields -- Saw chips in my bra / Ana Maria Spagna -- After the mountain men / Susan Marsh -- Near misses : two seasons at 9 [degrees] / Lela Stanley -- Firefight / Rebecca Goodrich -- The rest of Elvis / Jane Duncan -- Keep going up, keep moving on / Karla Theilen -- Caught for sure / Maryjane Butters -- First watch / Beth Ann Amico -- Dirt / Christine Byl -- A hole worth digging / Colleen O'Brien -- Trail guard / Gretchen Dawn Yost -- Alyeska invert / Jennifer Esterl -- San Pedro martir / Maggie Webster McManus -- First night at field camp / Jennifer Bové -- Tracking hope / Kathy Marieb -- Precautionary landing / Suzanne Wade -- Collecting clouds / Angela Cannon -- Take the "C" train / Rebecca Lawton -- The mushing life / Erin C. Altemus -- She ran calling godilta / Mary Stuever -- The adventure family / Betsy Kepes -- Hours till dawn / Elizabeth Dayton -- Big lesson, little island / Erin Andrea Falcone -- Bone boiling / Kathleen Yale -- A hawk is my weapon / A. Lee Chichester -- Beyond thunder mountain / Susan Marsh -- For the birds / Jennifer Bove -- Milk / Lori Messenger -- Radiant lives / Deborah McArthur.

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