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Original Essays | November 9, 2009

Jesse Bullington: IMG Abash'd the Devil Stood

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Flowers in the Snow: The Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchinson (Women in the West)

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Publisher Comments:

Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889–1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians. To achieve her goals, she traveled by any means available, from rowboats in Greenland to trading schooners and coast-guard vessels in Alaska. When necessary, she journeyed by snowshoe or sled in pursuit of her botanical specimens, accompanied only by strangers who served as guides. In Flowers in the Snow, Gwyneth Hoyle paints a vivid portrait of a woman gloriously out of the step with the conventions of her time.

Book News Annotation:

Hoyle (Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Native Studies, Trent U.) documents the life and work of Hutchison (d.1982), a Scottish explorer and self-trained botanist. During a 12-year period Hutchison made challenging solo trips to isolated regions in the northern latitudes (Norway's Lofoten Islands, Greenland, Alaska and Arctic Canada), collecting plant specimens for the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, the British Museum, Cambridge U. and the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh. This is an engaging account of an independent and determined woman who risked danger, endured loneliness and accepted many discomforts in the pursuit of her passion.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Review:

"A welcome tribute to a female pioneer."-Publishers Weekly
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"This is an engaging account of an independent and determined woman who risked danger, endured loneliness, and accepted many discomforts in the pursuit of her passion."-SciTech Book News
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"A meticulously researched and highly readable biography. . . . Flowers in the Snow is a moving and carefully researched portrait of an intrepid and unconventional woman who bravely answered her personal call of the North."-Pacific Northwest Quarterly
(Pacific Northwest Quarterly)

Review:

"With scientific curiosity, an unfailing competence in tight situations, and inborn modesty, [Hutchison] set high standards for those that followed. This richly told story of her accomplishments is long overdue."-John W. Lentz, Fellow, The Explorers Club
(John W. Lentz)
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About the Author

Gwyneth Hoyle is a research associate at the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Native Studies at Trent University. She is the coauthor of Canoeing North into the Unknown: A Record of River Travel: 1874 to 1974.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780803224032
Subtitle:
The Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison
Author:
Hoyle, Gwyneth
Publisher:
University of Nebraska Press
Location:
Lincoln
Subject:
General
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Adventurers & Explorers
Subject:
Scientists
Subject:
Arctic regions
Subject:
Travelers
Subject:
Women travelers
Subject:
Botanizers
Subject:
Women botanizers
Subject:
Scientists - General
Subject:
General History
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
Series:
Women in the West
Series Volume:
no. PR03
Publication Date:
20000501
Binding:
HC
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
282
Dimensions:
9.30x6.34x1.07 in. 1.24 lbs.
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