Daring Women: On Foot, on a Camel, in the Sky, on a Bicycle...

Sheryn Morris, Librarian, Literature & Fiction,
three of the book jackets featured

As Women’s History Month ends, we would like to offer you a few e-books and e-audiobooks about intrepid, adventurous women who traveled for the sheer joy of doing something different, to escape from others, to see the world, or to take on a challenge. Some of them struck out on their own, some traveled with other women, and some with men. Not all of them were likable characters, in fact one or two were downright self-absorbed, and got into scrapes that inconvenienced others. There were one or more whose thoughts and ideas about the people and places visited will seem absurd compared to the way we think. They did venture forth, and for now, it is not possible for most of us to get out for a bit of food. Therefore, sit back, be an armchair traveler with women, whose travels might inspire you to hit the road at a future date.


Daring Women Who Traveled


Book cover for Florence Diary
Florence Diary
Athill, Diana

Book cover for Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark
Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark
Geniesse, Jane Fletcher

Book cover for Where the Indus is Young: A Winter in Baltistan
Where the Indus is Young: A Winter in Baltistan
Murphy, Dervla

Adventures in the Rocky Mountains
Bird, Isabella L.

Book cover for Full Tilt: Ireland to India With a Bicycle
Full Tilt: Ireland to India With a Bicycle
Murphy, Dervla

Book cover for Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawren
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawren
Wallach, Janet

Book cover for Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Morris, Jan

Book cover for Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road
Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road
Harris, Kate

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior, Including Visits to the Aborigines
Bird, Isabella L.

Book cover for West With the Night
West With the Night
Markham, Beryl

Book cover for Straight on 'Till Morning: The Biography of Beryl Markham
Straight on 'Till Morning: The Biography of Beryl Markham
Lovell, Mary S.

Book cover for A Guest of the Reich: The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre and Her Dramatic Captivity and Daring Escape From Nazi Germany
A Guest of the Reich: The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre and Her Dramatic Captivity and Daring Escape From Nazi Germany
Finn, Peter

Book cover for The Solace of Open Spaces
The Solace of Open Spaces
Ehrlich, Gretel

Book cover for Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami
Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami
Ehrlich, Gretel

Travels in West Africa: Congo Français, Corisco, and Cameroons
Kingsley, Mary Henrietta

Book cover for Magic and Mystery in Tibet
Magic and Mystery in Tibet
David-Neel, Madame Alexandra

Book cover for Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Goodman, Matthew.

Book cover for Travels With Myself and Another
Travels With Myself and Another
Gellhorn, Martha

Book cover for Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Solnit, Rebecca

Book cover for Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Strayed, Cheryl

Book cover for On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal
On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal
Simeti, Mary Taylor

Book cover for Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West
Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West
Wickenden, Dorothy

Book cover for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Dillard, Annie


 

 

 

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