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Letters from Yellowstone
Letters from Yellowstone
Author: Diane Smith
In the spring of 1898, A. E. (Alexandria) Bartram--a spirited young woman with a love for botany--is invited to join a field study in Yellowstone National Park. The study's leader, a mild-mannered professor from Montana, assumes she is a man, and is less than pleased to discover the truth. Once the scientists overcome the shock of having a woman...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140291810
ISBN-10: 0140291814
Publication Date: 6/1/2000
Pages: 226
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3.8 stars, based on 16 ratings
Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This was one of the best books I have ever read. I am not reporting it because I am sending it to my neice. It was terrific. It really gives you an idea of women in the scientific community at the turn of the century and how constrained they were-- yet it isn't lecturing at all. It's in the form of an engrossing story told in letters. It was just great.

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THIS BOOK WAS WONDERFUL. IF YOU LIKE THE OUT OF DOORS, YOU WILL LIKE THIS BOOK. IF YOU ARE INTO BOTANY THIS IS A MUST READ BOOK. THE CHARACTERS ARE ALL VARIETIES AND THE WOMAN'S RIGHT TO FOLLOW HER DREAM IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR FOR THAT ERA.


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