How High Can We Climb? : The Story of Women Explorers

Name: How High Can We Climb? : The Story of Women Explorers
Price: 64.86 USD
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ISBN: 9780374335038

ISBN-10: 0374335036

ISBN-13: 9780374335038

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jeannine Atkins, Dusan Petricic

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A celebration of remarkably brave women In 1766, young Jeanne Baret is housekeeper to Dr. Philibert Commerson, a physician turned naturalist for the King of France. When Dr. Commerson is invited to participate in a long, exploratory sea voyage, collecting specimens, Jeanne wants to go, too. The only way is to disguise herself as a boy and steal aboard the ship. This is how Jeanne Baret becomes the first woman to sail around the world. Such determination characterizes each of the twelve women profiled here – including Josephine Peary, Sylvia Earle, Junko Tabei, and Ann Bancroft. They come from across the globe, and their lives span about 240 years. Their accomplishments are real and…

Book details

Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 8/31/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Sheryl and Simon Shapiro have been married for 34 years and live in Toronto, Ontario. They blended their different talents on this project, and the result is truly better together.Dusan Petricic is the award-winning illustrator of such children's classics as Mattland and Bone Button Borscht. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.