![]() ![]() ![]() Many of the women Abbs studied are famous, but not as hikers or naturalists. This is no woman-against-nature story.Īnyone who enjoys stories about understudied women. Who would I recommend this book to?Īnyone who loves nature writing or outdoor adventure stories, with the caveat that these walks are on the milder rather than wilder side. Even if I don’t aspire to repeat Abbs’ (or Prior-Palmer’s or Buhring’s) exact adventures or routes, I find these stories incredibly inspiring. Abbs describes numerous hikes in faraway locales: Germany, Italy, France, Scotland, Texas, and New Mexico. Maybe it was my enforced captivity that made the book so appealing. My kids were able to see the Great Plains and Kansas prairie and I was able to spend two car-bound days reading. When our flight back was cancelled (one of thousands cancelled due to weather and the pandemic), we decided to rent a car and drive the 1,700-mile return trip to Maryland. ![]() I started reading Windswept over the holidays in Evergreen, a mountain town on Colorado’s Front Range. ![]()
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