{"product_id":"fierce-country-the-untold-story-of-three-women-who-ignited-americas-love-for-the-wild-original","title":"Fierce Country: The Untold Story of Three Women Who Ignited America's Love for the Wild (Original)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eFierce Country\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"In \n\u003cem\u003eFierce Country\u003c\/em\u003e, Heather Hansman explores humanity's relationships with wilderness, ecology and our changing environment through the fascinating lives of three pioneers who pushed the limits of their own place in the natural world. That these pioneers are women is both incidental and central. Their fights to find their sense of self and place are archetypes of the human condition. However, their struggles to establish themselves in male dominated worlds like rafting and backcountry skiing give particular and important insights into perceptions of femininity and feminism. Hansman's prose is both personal and expansive, spiritual and unsettling, timeless and urgent and captures so many different aspects of what it is to look up and love the world around us.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Tamsin Mather, geochemist and author of \u003cem\u003eAdventures in Volcanoland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Heather Hansman's questing spirit binds together three vivid portraits of the women who sparked a nation's obsession with skiing, whitewater river rafting, and homesteading. Long-neglected heroines of outdoor adventure leap from the pages of \n\u003cem\u003eFierce Country\u003c\/em\u003e. Profound and passionate, this book is a hymn to the power of wild nature and an homage to those who have gone before.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eMelissa L. Sevigny, author of \u003cem\u003eBrave the Wild River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A thoroughly enjoyable read. On the surface, \n\u003cem\u003eFierce Country\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of an unlikely trio--a daredevil, a hermit, and a philosopher--but it's also the story of the essential tension between conservation and recreation, and the intense pain of watching a place you love change and be changed. Like Georgie on the river and Dolores on the slopes, Hansman chooses her line and navigates it skillfully, in spare, muscular prose. Marvelously written, meaningful, and entertaining.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eAsh Davidson, author of \u003cem\u003eDamnation Spring\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\" \n\u003cem\u003eFierce Country\u003c\/em\u003e is a gorgeous and powerful portrait of three outdoorswomen who unapologetically blew the roof off what the world thought women were capable of, and showed the rest of us how to love and protect the natural world in the process. But rather than a one-dimensional canonization, Hansman honors them by refusing to shy from the reality that these were also women who lied and drank, were obsessed and cocky and problematic. The most propulsive thread of the narrative is Hansman's excavation of her own place in this lineage of outdoorswomen: a beautiful search for complicated heroines in a space that's long left them unacknowledged.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eCassidy Randall, prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThirty Below\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Like many women writing the land, Heather Hansman understands the importance of seeing ourselves reflected in the stories that rise from it. This book not only reframes the contribution of these badass pioneering adventurers and their fierce love of landscape as part of \n\u003cem\u003eour \u003c\/em\u003enational legacy but also paints in the too often missing story of women in wild places.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eKaren Auvinen, author of \u003cem\u003eRough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A nuanced and vivid portrait of pioneering outdoorswomen.\" - \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Hansman weaves history, biography, sci­ence and memoir as she crafts thoughtful, nuanced portraits of these women and con­templates her own 'visceral desire' to be in nature. It's a compelling, often thrilling read perfect for fans of Melissa L. Sevigny's \n\u003cem\u003eBrave the Wild River \u003c\/em\u003eand Pam Houston's \n\u003cem\u003eDeep Creek\u003c\/em\u003e.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBookPage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Three women who made significant contributions to the appreciation and protection of nature in the U.S. are explored with wit and verve in this fascinating mix of biography and memoir. ... With her clear-eyed view of her subjects and flinty prose, Hansman offers a new twist on American adventure and conservation. This shrewd and complex group portrait should not be missed.\" - \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \n\u003cstrong\u003eSTARRED review\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003ePowder Days\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A sparkling account of one woman's passion and enduring love of powder.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A riveting plunge into ski culture... [ \n\u003cem\u003ePowder Days\u003c\/em\u003e] is as exhilarating as the act of skiing itself.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e STARRED review\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"An entertaining and eye-opening look at the history and economics of skiing and ski resorts in the United States.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Superbly reported and lyrical.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOutside Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Entertaining...blade-sharp...[Hansman's] passion for the sport shimmers on every page, with prose as smooth as a turn in dry powder.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAn in-depth look at a fascinating sports culture from a respected ski journalist.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Post, \u003c\/em\u003eBest Books of the Week\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A love letter to the freedom seekers, the fun hogs, the dirt bags--the ones our culture hasn't yet managed to tame. This is a timely, sharply observed, and beautifully written story of wildness and obsession.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Casey, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"An enchantingly lyrical ode to the peculiar allure of the cold, the steep, the remote, the hard, the fast, and the fallen. I was never a ski bum, but this book makes me wish I had been.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eRobert\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMoor, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eOn Trails: An Exploration\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe inspiring, untold story of three incredible women who spearheaded recreation, conservation and resilience in America's most beloved landscapes, for readers of Pam Houston and David Grann\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the 20th century Georgie White, Anne LaBastille, and Dolores LaChapelle did more to inspire our love of the great outdoors than just about anyone. \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorgie devoted her life to the Grand Canyon, kickstarting the river running craze in the 40s and igniting the recreation industry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnne, a wilderness guide and bestselling author, protected endangered species and predicted the impacts of climate change from her isolated, off-grid cabin in the Adirondacks. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd deep powder skier Dolores developed an environmental philosophy that shaped everything from the radical environmental movement of the '70s to modern conservation ethics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eNow, for the first time, outdoor journalist and bestselling author of \n\u003cem\u003ePowder Days \u003c\/em\u003eHeather Hansman goes deep into multiple rugged American landscapes to bring three fascinating lives to the forefront of the outdoor movement, affirming their rightful place in the larger story of an evolving American wild.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9781335013439, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eHansman, Heather\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHEATHER HANSMAN is an award-winning freelance writer and the celebrated author of \n\u003ci\u003ePowder Days: Ski Bums, Ski Towns and the Future of Chasing Snow\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eDownriver: Into the Future of Water in the West. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Atlantic, Outside, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. 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