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This Wild Spirit: Women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada (Mountain Cairns: A series on the history and culture of the...
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by Colleen Skidmore
Sales Rank: 1690525
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$23.07
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Cover Type: Paperback with 508 pages
Published by: The University of Alberta Press June 20, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0888644663
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0888644664
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 6 x 1.4 inches
Weighs: 1.7 pounds
Product Review
“In addition to providing interesting and valuable views of the early Canadian Rockies, This Wild Spirit provides an almost equally valuable overview of that small, interrelated group of women who traveled west for their own reasons….[T]his collection is a valuable addition to any shelf of Rocky mountain history. The insights and observations are enjoyable and memorable reminders of a special time in the European ‘discovery’ of the blue Canadian Rockies.” Ken Tingley, The Edmonton Journal, Oct 8, 2006.
“The assorted journal entries, essays, letters, photos, drawings, paintings—even the script of a play—all illustrate the pluck and determination required by women who wanted to push the conventions of the time in pursuit of adventure and knowledge. In an era when independent travel by women was virtually unheard of, these pioneers achieved a series of significant milestones, from botanical fieldwork to cross—cultural friendships to the traversing of glaciers and high passes…often while wearing an ankle—length dress and bustle.” Westworld Alberta, February 2007.
“The editor has made an great selection for this book, providing a most readable and inspiring account of women and their relationship to the mountains.” Alberta History, Winter 2007.
"Skidmore…examines women's encountesr with the Rocky Mountians by investigating a diverse collection of material spanning the years from 1887 to 1993, most of which dates from the years 1907 to 1912….[She] has created an important resource and gives voice to the women who were drawn to the Rockies.Skidmore shows that women sought out the Rocky mountatins for their own reasons, and on their own terms." Amy L. McKinney, Pacific Nothwest Quarterly, Vol. 97, No.4, Fall 2006.
"[This Wild Spirit] is both a good read and a welcome contribution to the history of Canadian Mountain literature….The collected materials of these women botanists, painters, essayists, novelists, photographers, glaciologists, geologists, teachers, physicians, hikers, climbers, cooks and lodge managers constitute a necessary and enlightening base camp, from which I ardently hope Skidmore will attempt an ascent on volume two, tracing the period from 1963 to the present." Pamela Banting, Alberta Views, March 2007.
"Many of the excerpts represent published works, but there are some private and previously unpublished writings such as Catharine Robb Whyte's letters to her mother. They impart a touching, personal impression of life in the mountains, and, alongside the many photographs, stand as a complement to the more official depictions of Rocky Mountain women of that time." Mari Sasano, Legacy, Summer, 2007.
Product Description
In 1912, Mary Vaux, a botanist, glaciologist, painter, and photographer, wrote about her mountain adventures: “A day on the trail, or a scramble over the glacier, or even with a quiet day in camp to get things in order for the morrow's conquests? Some how when once this wild spirit enters the blood…I can hardly wait to be off again." Vaux's compulsion was shared by many women whose intellects, imaginations, and spirits rose to the challenge of the mountains between the late-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. This Wild Spirit explores a sampling of women's creative responses—in fiction and travel writing, photographs and paintings, embroidery and beadwork, letters and diaries, poetry and posters—to their experiences in the Rocky Mountains of Canada.
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