| Westlake Girl: My Oregon Frontier Childhood Contributor(s): Wampler, Frieda (Author), Wampler, Larry (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1493023373 ISBN-13: 9781493023370 Publisher: Two Dot Books OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2016023466 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Geographic Orientation - Oregon - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Westlake Girl: My Oregon Frontier Childhood is the true story of a spirited girl coming of age in an isolated village on the Oregon coast from 1928 to 1936. It portrays the artless feminist strivings of a capable girl who dreamed of a career in the Coast Guard on the merit of her skills as a boat pilot and champion swimmer. Frieda's triumphs (taming a harbor seal as a pet, winning swim races against older boys) and disappointments (exclusion from the Coast Guard "for no better reason than that I was a girl") will resonate with modern women who still meet obstacles - some natural and some arbitrary - to having it all. |