Harriet Chalmers Adams: Adventurer and Explorer, Second Edition - Softcover

Anema, Durlynn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881001317 ISBN 13: 9780881001310

Publisher: National Writers Press, 2004

Synopsis

Harriet Chalmers Adams earned public acclaim in the early twentieth century by traveling, at great peril, through some of the most treacherous parts of the globe. She recorded her three-year, 40,000 mile journey through South America. Her adventures, in words and photographs, were published in National Geographic Magazine and other trade publications. She also presented on the lecture circuit. When war broke out in 1914, she was the first woman correspondent to be granted permission to the front lines in France.

After World War I, Harriet helped launch the Society of Woman Geographers. Her term as that organization's first president helped assure that future women like herself would have the support of a professional group. Unfortunately, Harriet has been largely forgotten in the decades since her death. Harriet Chalmers Adams: Adventurer and Explorer brings this fascinating life to young readers.

About this title

About the Author:

Durlynn Anema, a journalist, counselor and educator, once worked in Harriet Chalmers Adams' hometown of Stockton, California, where she learned about this fascinating woman. She now resides in Calaveras County, where Harriet's parents lived for over ten years.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Writers Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0881001317
• ISBN 13: 9780881001310
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 126