Boots, Bikes, and Bombers : Adventures of Alaska Conservationist Ginny Hill Wood
ISBN: 9781602231733 | 1602231737
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Univ of Alaska Pr
Pub. Date: 6/15/2012
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Boots, Bikes, and Bomberspresents an intimate oral history of Ginny Hill Wood, a pioneering Alaska conservationist and outdoorswoman. Born in Washington in 1917, Wood served as a Women's Airforce Service Pilot in World War II, and flew a military surplus airplane to Alaska in 1946. Settling in Fairbanks, she went on to co-found Camp Denali, Alaska's first wilderness ecotourism lod≥ helped start the Alaska Conservation Society, the state's first environmental organization; and applied her love of the outdoors to her work as a backcountry guide and an advocate for trail construction and preservation. An innovative and collaborative life history, Boots, Bikes, and Bombers, incorporates the story of friendship between the author and subject. The resulting book is a valuable contribution to the history of Alaska as well as a testament to the joys of living a life full of passion and adventure.
| Map of Alaska | p. viii |
| Acknowledgements | p. ix |
| Prologue | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Childhood: The Foundation of an Adventurous Life | p. 13 |
| Europe by Bicycle | p. 45 |
| Flying and the Women Airforce Service Pilots | p. 71 |
| A Lifelong Friendship: Meeting Celia Hunter | p. 99 |
| A Summer Under Sail | p. 107 |
| Alaska: The Early Years | ... MOREp. 123 |
| Returning to Europe | p. 143 |
| Exploring Katmai National Park | p. 165 |
| Finding a Place to Call Home | p. 177 |
| Establishing Camp Denali: Alaska's First Wilderness Camp | p. 185 |
| Driving the Denali Park Road | p. 227 |
| Exploring Mount McKinley's Backcountry | p. 237 |
| Camp Denali Staff and Friends | p. 249 |
| Flying Search and Rescue | p. 263 |
| Selling Camp Denali | p. 275 |
| Preserving Alaska | p. 281 |
| Tundra Treks: Guiding Wilderness Trips | p. 325 |
| Breaking Trail | p. 365 |
| Traveling the Globe | p. 379 |
| The Loss of a Friend | p. 391 |
| Reflections | p. 397 |
| Notes | p. 401 |
| Bibliography | p. 483 |
| Index | p. 501 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
Karen Brewster is a research associate with the Oral History Program at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. She is the author of The Whales, They Give Themselves: Conversations with Harry Brower, Sr.
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