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05-06-2009
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Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Tundra
Auteur(s)
Ed Butts
Illustrator
Heather Collins
She Dared
True Stories of Heroines, Scoundrels, and Renegades
Ed Butts
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€7,99
From
a
true-life
“Survivor
Island”
tale
to
the
women
who
flew
fighters
and
bombers
for
the
Allies
in
World
War
II,
Ed
Butts
invites
you
to
meet
twelve
women
who
dared
to
live
their
lives
on
a
tightrope.
She
Dared
takes
the
reader
to
the
Far
North,
where
a
single
Native
woman
put
an
end
to
a
ruinous
war.
There’s
Molly
Brant,
who
stepped
out
of
the
shadow
of
her
famous
brother
Joseph
to
make
her
own
mark,
and
Dr.
“James
Barry,”
a
prominent
army
physician
whose
true
identity
remained
a
secret
until
the
day
“he”
died.These
are
the
stories
of
women
who
took
up
challenges
that
society
felt
could
be
met
only
by
men:
Mina
Hubbard’s
incredible
journey
across
Labrador;
Martha
Black’s
adventures
in
the
Yukon;
Sara
Emma
Edmonds’s
perilous
missions
as
a
Yankee
spy
in
the
Civil
War.While
some
of
these
women
achieved
legitimate
fame,
others
gained
notoriety.
Pearl
Hart
became
a
Wild
West
desperado.
Cassie
Chadwick
fleeced
bankers
for
a
fortune
in
one
of
the
most
brazen
con
games
ever
played.Famous
or
infamous,
the
women
in
Ed
Butt’s
fascinating
book
are
sure
to
intrigue readers.
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