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Author:

Kimberley, Hannah, author.

Title:

A woman's place is at the top : a biography of Annie Smith Peck, queen of the climbers / Hannah Kimberley.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

347 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Peck, Annie S.--(Annie Smith),--1850-1935.
Women mountaineers--United States--Biography.
Mountaineering--History.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-347).

Contents:

Providence -- The dangerous experiment -- Who ought to have been a boy -- Unmerited notoriety -- Search for the apex of America -- Almost, but not quite -- Born, not made -- It's just a walk -- Don't call me a woman climber -- You could not stop it if you would -- Uncommon glory.

ISBN:

1250084008
9781250084002

OCLC:

(OCoLC)990182181

LCCN:

2017010843

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)