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The accidental adventurer : memoirs of the first woman to climb Mount McKinley
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The accidental adventurer : memoirs of the first woman to climb Mount McKinley

Author: Barbara Washburn; Lewis Freedman
Publisher: Kenmore, WA : Epicenter Press, ©2001.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : English
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Named Person: Barbara Washburn
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Barbara Washburn; Lewis Freedman
ISBN: 0945397917 9780945397915 0945397976 9780945397977
OCLC Number: 46973713
Notes: Includes index.
Description: 192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Education of a young girl -- Year in France -- Love and marriage -- North to Alaska - First ascent -- Soul-searching -- March up Mount Hayes -- Joy at the summit -- Wartime separation -- Challenge of McKinley -- To high camp -- Blizzard -- On the roof of North America -- Mixed emotions -- Night on top -- Motel camping -- Grand Canyon -- Map of Everest -- Tourists with a purpose -- 'Something terrible' -- Audience with the king -- Shimmering light on Everest -- View into Heaven.
Responsibility: Barbara Washburn, with Lew Freedman.
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