<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Women travelers — United States — Biography."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Women travelers — United States — Biography."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/sfpl/rss/search?query=%22Women%20travelers%20%E2%80%94%20United%20States%20%E2%80%94%20Biography.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:01:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Never Leave the Dogs Behind]]></title><description><![CDATA["The author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Very Long continues her story with this deeply honest, moving account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but her four dogs"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C6149298</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C6149298</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Madia, Brianna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6149298093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063316096/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=.b6149298x</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nellie Bly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nellie Bly was a journalist and one of the first investigative reporters ever. She went undercover to expose wrongdoing and famously raced around the world so she could write about the experience for her newspaper. Reaching for her dreams wasn't easy. But Nellie never gave up, no matter how many obstacles she faced-and she helped others along the way.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C4766659</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C4766659</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Knudsen, Michelle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4766659093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593115749/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never Leave the Dogs Behind]]></title><description><![CDATA["The author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Very Long continues her story with this deeply honest, moving account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but her four dogs"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C6267715</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C6267715</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Madia, Brianna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6267715093</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063316119/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1418847061</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the Paved Road Ends]]></title><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C2557441</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C2557441</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Han, Carolyn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2557441093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>One Woman&apos;s Extraordinary Experiences in Yemen</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781597977258/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=779402333</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody Said Not to Go]]></title><description><![CDATA[Known as "Mickey" to her friends, Emily Hahn traveled across the country dressed as a boy in the 192Os; worked as a Harvey Girl in Taos, New Mexico; ran away to the Belgian Congo as a Red Cross worker during the Great Depression; was the concubine of a Chinese poet in Shanghai in the 1930s; became an opium addict; had an affair and an illegitimate child with the head of the British Secret Service in Hong Kong just before the outbreak of World War II; was involved in underground relief work in occupied Hong Kong; and moved back to the United States and became a pioneer in the fields of environmentalism and wildlife preservation before her death last year. Mickey Hahn also wrote hundreds of articles and short stories for The New Yorker from 1925 to 1995 and wrote fifty-two books in her lifetime, astonishing her publishers and agents by moving effortlessly from biography to humor to fiction to travel memoir to history.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C1702433</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C1702433</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cuthbertson, Ken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1702433093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Life, Loves, and Adventures of Emily Hahn</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780571199655/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1001894830</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never Leave the Dogs Behind]]></title><description><![CDATA[The author of "Nowhere for Very Long" continues her story with this deeply honest, moving account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but her four dogs. In her debut memoir, "Nowhere for Very Long", Brianna Madia reflected on her life as a nomad, free to roam some of the most beautiful land in America. Now, in "Never Leave the Dogs Behind", the van life adherent faces the unfathomable darkness that comes from a life blown apart, her only solace the support of her dogs. In the wake of a painful, public divorce and the ensuing fallout, Brianna moves from a pared-down van into a pared-down trailer. She reckons with her decision to be alone in the desert, living on a nine-acre plot of undeveloped land on the dusty outskirts of a small town in Utah, accompanied only by her four precious dogs: Bucket, Dagwood, Birdie, and Banjo. As she grapples with the anger, despair, and delicious freedom that comes from being wholly on her own, Brianna wonders where, exactly, the road less traveled has led her. A powerful and poignant portrait of rebuilding and surviving, "Never Leave the Dogs Behind" is about finding the courage to start over when the dream life you thought you were living collapses around your feet.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C6668371</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C6668371</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Madia, Brianna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6668371093</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063316126/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never Leave the Dogs Behind]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this stunning and triumphant memoir, the author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Very Long continues her story: a tale of a woman reckoning with the decision to live alone and unburdened in the desert Southwest, in a trailer without running water or electricity, with nothing to her name and no one for company except the four dogs in her pack.  In her debut memoir, Nowhere for Very Long, Brianna Madia reflected on her solitary life as a nomad, free to roam some of the most beautiful land in America. In Never Leave the Dogs Behind, the van life adherent and nature enthusiast faces unfathomable darkness, her only solace the support of her dogs.  Moving from her pared-down van into a pared-down trailer, Brianna reckons with her decision and what it means to be alone in the desert, living on a small patch of dirt on the dusty outskirts of a small town in Utah, accompanied by her four precious dogs, Bucket, Dagwood, Birdie, and Banjo, made famous on Briana's social media posts.  A powerful and poignant portrait of a life on the road less traveled, Never Leave the Dogs behind is about finding the courage to start over when the dream life you thought you were living collapses around your feet. Her remarkable insights on what is truly important in life hold profound meaning for us all.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C6692158</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C6692158</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Madia, Brianna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6692158093</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063316119/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never Leave the Dogs Behind]]></title><description><![CDATA[The author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Very Long continues her story with this deeply honest, moving account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but her four dogs. In her debut memoir, Nowhere for Very Long, Brianna Madia reflected on her life as a nomad, free to roam some of the most beautiful land in America. Now, in Never Leave the Dogs Behind, the van life adherent faces the unfathomable darkness that comes from a life blown apart, her only solace the support of her dogs. Moving from her pared-down van into a pared-down trailer, Brianna reckons with her decision to be alone in the desert, living on a nine-acre plot of undeveloped land on the dusty outskirts of a small town in Utah, accompanied only by her four precious dogs: Bucket, Dagwood, Birdie, and Banjo. As she grapples with the anger, despair, and delicious freedom that comes from being wholly on her own, Brianna wonders where, exactly, the road less traveled has led her. A powerful and poignant portrait of rebuilding and surviving, Never Leave the Dogs Behind is about finding the courage to start over when the dream life you thought you were living collapses around your feet.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C6273308</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C6273308</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Madia, Brianna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/6273308093</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063316126/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1414104348</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letters From Clara]]></title><description><![CDATA["A unique collection of letters from a member of the YWCA on her first world tour in the 1930s, Letters from Clara tells one woman's story of adventure and danger on the eve of World War II. Despite limited financial means, Clara Pagel was richly resourceful and used the YWCA network to find work and places to live in the Far East, along the way meeting other women also working their way around the world. As Clara described in letters to her YMCA friends back home, her sojourn was filled with museums and world-famous landmarks, as well as typhoons, bombings, and earthquakes. These experiences are described in over one hundred pages of letters, annotated throughout by Janet Newman. Upon Clara's return to the United States in 1939, she enrolled at the University of Chicago and earned an MBA at the age of forty-six. This is the story of a remarkable woman on an unexpected but fulfilling journey to learn about the world and herself"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5421946</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5421946</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Newman, Janet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5421946093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>One Intrepid Woman&apos;s Travels on the Eve of War, 1936-1939</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780870209871/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1285121520</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nowhere for Very Long]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures traveling across the deserts of the American West in an orange van named Bertha and reflects on an unconventional approach to life.  A woman defined by motion, Brianna Madia bought a beat-up bright orange van, filled it with her two dogs Bucket and Dagwood, and headed into the canyons of Utah with her husband. Nowhere for Very Long is her story of exploration-of the world outside and the spirit within. Brianna knew her road would be the one less traveled from an early age. Rejecting the competitive and capitalistic path set out before her, she chose to seek a different version of happiness, a road scary, uncertain, and entirely her own. But pursing a life of intention isn't always what it seems. In fact, at times it was downright boring, exhausting, and even desperate-when the van overheated and she was forced to pull over on a lonely stretch of South Dakota highway, when the weather was bitterly cold and her water jugs froze beneath her as she slept in the parking lot of her office, when she worried about money, her marriage, and the looming question mark of her future. But, she was living a life true to herself, come what may, and that made all the difference. Nowhere for Very Long isn't about extreme minimalism or tiny house living or #VanLife. It is the chronicle of a woman learning and unlearning, from backroads to breakdowns, married to solo, and finally, from lost to found.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5771609</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5771609</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Madia, Brianna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5771609093</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>The Unexpected Road to An Unconventional Life</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063048010/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nowhere for Very Long]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures traveling across the deserts of the American West in an orange van named Bertha and reflects on an unconventional approach to lifeA woman defined by motion, Brianna Madia bought a beat-up bright orange van, filled it with her two dogs Bucket and Dagwood, and headed into the canyons of Utah with her husband. Nowhere for Very Long is her deeply felt, immaculately told story of exploration--of the world outside and the spirit within.However, pursuing a life of intention isn't always what it seems. In fact, at times it was downright boring, exhausting, and even desperate--when Bertha overheated and she was forced to pull over on a lonely stretch of South Dakota highway; when the weather was bitterly cold and her water jugs froze beneath her as she slept in the parking lot of her office; when she worried about money, her marriage, and the looming question mark of her future. But Brianna was committed to living a life true to herself, come what may, and that made all the difference.Nowhere for Very Long is the true story of a woman learning and unlearning, from backroads to breakdowns, from married to solo, and finally, from lost to found to lost again . . . this time, on purpose.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5245894</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5245894</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Madia, Brianna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5245894093</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>The Unexpected Road to An Unconventional Life</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063048003/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1309086824</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nowhere for Very Long]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures in an orange van named Bertha traveling across the deserts of the American West and reflects on her bold choice to live a big life. A woman defined by motion, Brianna Madia bought a beat-up van, filled it with her two dogs Bucket and Dagwood, and headed into the canyons of Utah on a journey of discovery. Nowhere for Very Long is her story of exploration-of the world outside and the spirit within. From the backroads to the breakdowns, it is the chronicle of a woman in the wild, learning and unlearning. Brianna knew her path would be different from an early age. Rejecting the competitive and capitalistic path set out before her, she chose to seek a truer version of happiness, a road scary, uncertain, and entirely her own. But, pursing a life of intention wasn't easy-in fact, it was terribly difficult, boring, and lonely at times when the van overheated, when the weather was bitterly hot or cold, when she was worried about money and the future. But, it was a life of her choosing and that made all the difference. Nowhere for Long isn't about extreme minimalism or tiny house living or #VanLife. It's about living a life with fierce intention, about cherishing the moment, about being a woman living a life true to herself.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5785037</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5785037</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Madia, Brianna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5785037093</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>The Unexpected Road to An Unconventional Life</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063048003/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nowhere for Very Long]]></title><description><![CDATA["In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures traveling across the deserts of the American West in an orange van named Bertha and reflects on an unconventional approach to life. A woman defined by motion, Brianna Madia bought a beat-up bright orange van, filled it with her two dogs Bucket and Dagwood, and headed into the canyons of Utah with her husband. Nowhere for Very Long is her deeply felt, immaculately told story of exploration - of the world outside and the spirit within. However, pursuing a life of intention isn't always what it seems. In fact, at times it was downright boring, exhausting, and even desperate - when Bertha overheated and she was forced to pull over on a lonely stretch of South Dakota highway; when the weather was bitterly cold and her water jugs froze beneath her as she slept in the parking lot of her office; when she worried about money, her marriage, and the looming question mark of her future. But Brianna was committed to living a life true to herself, come what may, and that made all the difference. Nowhere for Very Long is the true story of a woman learning and unlearning, from backroads to breakdowns, from married to solo, and finally, from lost to found to lost again ... this time, on purpose" -- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5246806</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5246806</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Madia, Brianna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5246806093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Unexpected Road to An Unconventional Life</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063047983/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1259510769</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waterborne]]></title><description><![CDATA["Waterborne" is the story of an artist, an engineer and a Labrador-three entirely different personalities-who abandon a stable middle-age lifestyle for a pitching deck and the possibility of pirates. Challenged by culture clashes, gear failure and sudden storms, their story is as much a sea saga as travel memoir, celebrating the interior as well as exterior journey and the joys of an inquisitive engagement with the world-a timely subject in today's climate of increasing tribalism.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5071162</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5071162</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Welch, Marguerite]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5071162093</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Slow Trip Around A Small Planet</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781948494267/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Trials of A Scold]]></title><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C3446667</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C3446667</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Biggers, Jeff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3446667093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Incredible True Story of Writer Anne Royall</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250065124/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=992119946</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Map of Enough]]></title><description><![CDATA["Molly Caro May grew up as part of a nomadic family, one proud of their international sensibilities, a tribe that never settled in one place for very long. Growing up moving from foreign country to foreign country, just like her father and grandfather, she became attached to her identity as a global woman from nowhere. But, on the verge of turning thirty years old, everything changed. Molly and her fiance; Chris suddenly move to 107 acres in Montana, land her family owns but rarely visits, with the idea of staying for only a year. Surrounded by tall grass, deep woods, and the presence of predators, the young couple starts the challenging and often messy process of building a traditional Mongolian yurt from scratch. They finally finish just on the cusp of winter, in a below-zero degree snowstorm. For Molly it is her first real home, yet a nomadic one, this one concession meant to be dissembled and moved at will. Yurt-life gives her rare exposure to nature, to the elements, to the wildlife all around them. It also feels contrary to the modern world, and this triggers in Molly an exploration of what home means to the emergent generation. In today's age, has globalization and technology taught us that something better, the next best thing, is always out there? How does any young adult establish roots, and how do we decide what kind of life we want to lead? How much, ever, is enough? "-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C2705953</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C2705953</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[May, Molly Caro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2705953093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>One Woman&apos;s Search for Place</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781619022362/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=980605645</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[O My America!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Traces the steps of six women--author Fanny Trollope, actress Fanny Kemble, economist Harriet Martineau, homesteader Rebecca Burlend, traveler Isabella Bird ,and novelist Catherine Hubback--who came to America in the nineteenth century to start new lives.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C2688042</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C2688042</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wheeler, Sara]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2688042093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Six Women and Their Second Acts in A New World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780374298814/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=829098348</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[O My America!]]></title><description><![CDATA[In O My America!, the travel writer and biographer Sara Wheeler embarks on a journey across the United States, guided by the adventures of six women who reinvented themselves as they chased the frontier west. Wheeler's career has propelled her from pole to pole-camping in Arctic igloos, tracking Indian elephants, contemplating East African swamps so hot that toads explode-but as she stared down the uncharted territory of middle age, she found herself in need of a guide. "Fifty is a tough age," she writes. "Role models are scarce for women contemplating a second act." Scarce, that is, until she stumbled upon Fanny Trollope. In 1827, forty-nine-year-old Trollope-mother of Victorian novelist Anthony-swapped England for Ohio and wrote one of the most sensational travel accounts of the nineteenth century. Domestic Manners of the Americans made an instant splash on both sides of the Atlantic: Mark Twain judged her the best foreign commentator of his country, and the last king of France threw a ball in her honor. Fanny was living proof of life after fertility, and she led Wheeler to other trailblazing British travelers and transplants: - the actress Fanny Kemble, who shocked the nation with her passionate firsthand indictment of slavery; - the prolifically pamphleteering economist Harriet Martineau; - the homesteader Rebecca Burlend, who had never been more than twelve miles from her Yorkshire village before she sailed to the New World; - the traveler Isabella Bird, whose many ailments remained in check as long as she was scaling the Rockies; - and the novelist Catherine Hubback, a niece of Jane Austen, who deposited her husband in a madhouse and rode the rails to San Francisco. Tough-minded outsiders, these women's truest qualities emerged in a country as incomplete and tentative as their native land was staid and settled. And, they discovered second acts for themselves at a time when the world expected them to politely disappear. In O My America!, Wheeler tracks her subjects from the Mississippi to the cinder cones of the Mayacamas at the tail end of the Cascades, armed with two sets of maps for each adventure: one current and one the women before her would have used. Ambitious and full of life, O My America! is not only a great writer's reckoning with a young country, but also an exuberant tribute to fresh starts, second acts, and six unstoppable women.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5964327</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C5964327</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wheeler, Sara]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5964327093</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Six Women and Their Second Acts in A New World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781466836907/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Many Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[After Many Days tells the story of Shirley H. Perry, a story that encompasses her many adventures. From her days as a CIA operative during the Cold War in Vienna to her life of intrigue behind the Iron Curtain and details of her Halliburton-inspired travels around the Middle East during that period, hers is truly a life different from the ordinary. Her post-CIA life is riveting as well. Later peregrinations with her family took her to Luxembourg City, where she founded the American School of Luxembourg, and to Toronto, where she returned to university to acquire an MBA. In the final chapters, she writes about uprooting, moving out and on to a new life full of new adventures.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C3226264</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C3226264</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Perry, Shirley H.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3226264093</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>My Life as A Spy and Other Grand Adventures</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781555716905/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=772429655</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bylines]]></title><description><![CDATA[The life story of this daring news reporter, globetrotter, and advocate for women's rights is presented chronologically from birth to death.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C2279937</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C2279937</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Macy, Sue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2279937093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Photobiography of Nellie Bly</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781426305146/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=277142684</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Times and Places]]></title><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C1115030</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C1115030</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hahn, Emily]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1115030093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780690824995/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=101074</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never A Dull Day]]></title><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C1270197</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C1270197</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Walgreen, Myrtle R. Norton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 1963 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1270197093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1347556</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Life and Times of Anne Royall]]></title><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C1210262</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C1210262</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Porter, Sarah Harvey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 1908 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1210262093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=390660</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Life of Isabella Bird (Mrs. Bishop)]]></title><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C1250467</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C1250467</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stoddart, Anna M.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 1907 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1250467093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Hon. Member of the Oriental Society of Pekin, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.G.S</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=3809951</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nellie Bly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduces young readers to the life of the pioneering investigative reporter, her record-breaking trip around the world, and her undercover work on behalf of the mentally ill.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C4882556</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C4882556</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Knudsen, Michelle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4882556093</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593115763/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1249702960</image_url></item></channel></rss>