Travelers' Tales - Women in the Wild [Paperback]

Lucy McCauley (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1998 | Series: Travelers' Tales Guides

Lucy McCauley collects women''s travel storie s, as they foray into the wilderness, kayak the whitewater o f an exotic land, or bike the outback country. '

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Following the tradition of the "Travelers' Tales" series, this collection explores the themes of wilderness in everyday life. Here women experience life through nature and all it has to offer, and even far-flung journeys lead back to the self. A tiny daughter plays with building blocks made up of rocks and shells collected from every beach her mother visited on a trip around the world. A young woman sees the magic of the Icelandic mountainside by exploring the folklore of the raven symbol given to her at the beginning of her trip. Traveling through the desert of India, unable to speak the language of the people or to sleep more than two hours a day, a woman fights to keep her sanity. Authors include such notables as Alice Walker, Jane Goodall, and Louise Erdrich. Recommended for public libraries.?Stephanie Papa, Baltimore Cty. Circuit Court Law Lib., Towson, MD
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

"A spiritual, moving and totally female book to take you around the world and back." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 307 pages
• Publisher: Travelers' Tales Inc; Later Printing edition (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188521121X
• ISBN-13: 978-1885211217
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,102,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Candace Dempsey is an award-winning Italian-American journalist, true crime blogger and travel writer based in Seattle. Her seattlepi.com Amanda Knox blog has been featured on CNN Anderson Cooper 360, Newsweek.com and is read around the world. She's discussed the Amanda Knox case on CNN Headline News, Q13 FOX NEWS, KOMO-TV, KING TV, KIRO FM Radio, Italian TV and other media outlets. She has a master's degree in journalism and decades of writing experience in newspapers, magazines, and on the Web. Her staff positions include: magazine editor, newspaper editor, staff writer, and a producer, editor and writer for MSN. Her travel tales have been published in numerous Travelers' Tales and Seal Press anthologies.

Candace's MURDER IN ITALY, is the true story of Amanda Knox, the American honor student convicted of killing her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, in a seemingly idyllic Italian college town on November 1, 2007. Best True Crime Book Editor's and Reader's Choice awards, a Library Journal Bestseller, Top Ten Amazon True Crime.

Drawing upon candid interviews with the key players, case files, police reports, court documents, eyewitness accounts, crime scene videos, prison diaries, and DNA evidence, award-winning journalist Candace Dempsey reveals the real story behind the media frenzy surrounding suspects: American honor student Amanda Knox; Raffaele Sollecito, her Italian ex-boyfriend; and drifter Rudy Guede, an Italian immigrant form the Ivory Coast.

Giving readers a front-row seat at the trial, Dempsey unravels the evidence and the allegations to look at what really happened to Meredith Kercher, Knox's British roommate, when she was stabbed to death that dark Italian night.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Women - experiencing, February 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Travelers' Tales - Women in the Wild (Paperback)

This is a collection of experiences that come from women who are a cut above the norm. The stories include travelling experiences, but they are more about centered, courageous women who are paying attention to the life around them. Short, but well written, inspiring stories.

5.0 out of 5 stars First-person experiences capture both adventure and connection and are a pick for any lending library, November 16, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Travelers' Tales - Women in the Wild (Paperback)

Deserving of ongoing recommendation is this lively survey of 'wild women' who journey into remote wilderness locations to make discoveries and have adventures. From Iceland, Ireland, Ecuador to India, first-person experiences capture both adventure and connection and are a pick for any lending library.

2 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Look for my piece..., February 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Travelers' Tales - Women in the Wild (Paperback)

Check out page 100...the inset box. That's from my story! You may laugh at its miniscule size, but at least TT paid me for it!

Oh yeah. The rest of the book is good too.