Magnificent Mountain Women: Adventures in the Colorado Rockies - Hardcover

"The use of . . . original source materials, together with the many photographs, lends a ringing authenticity to the book. Then, too, as author Robertson explains, it was time to write it. ''For the sad truth is that most of the women in this book are unknown or by now forgotten. I think it is an undeserved fate for such magnificent women. It7;s time to set the record straight.'' And reading these fascinating stories, we can only agree."2; "Smithsonian"

Since the Pikes Peak gold rush in the mid-nineteenth century, women have gone into the mountains of Colorado to hike, climb, ski, homestead, botanize, act as guides, practice medicine, and meet a variety of other challenges, whether for sport or for livelihood. Janet Robertson recounts their exploits in a lively, well-illustrated book that measures up to its title, "The Magnificent Mountain Women." Arlene Blum provides a new introduction to this edition.