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Breaking Into the Current: Boatwomen of the Grand Canyon
Louise Teal
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Description for Breaking Into the Current: Boatwomen of the Grand Canyon
Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; BT; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
In 1973, Marilyn Sayre gave up her job as a computer programmer and became the first woman in twenty years to run a commercial boat through the Grand Canyon. Georgie White had been the first, back in the 1950s, but it took time before other women broke into guiding passengers down the Colorado River. This book profiles eleven of the first full-season Grand Canyon boatwomen, weaving together their various experiences in their own words. Breaking Into the Current is a story of romance between women and a place. Each woman tells a part of every Canyon boatwoman's story: when Marilyn ... Read more
In 1973, Marilyn Sayre gave up her job as a computer programmer and became the first woman in twenty years to run a commercial boat through the Grand Canyon. Georgie White had been the first, back in the 1950s, but it took time before other women broke into guiding passengers down the Colorado River. This book profiles eleven of the first full-season Grand Canyon boatwomen, weaving together their various experiences in their own words. Breaking Into the Current is a story of romance between women and a place. Each woman tells a part of every Canyon boatwoman's story: when Marilyn ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
178
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816514298
SKU
V9780816514298
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
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