Queen of the Mountaineers

"In Queen of the Mountaineers, Cathryn J. Prince transports readers to an era when explorers traversed continents by yak and goatskin boat, when mountains were still unmapped and unmeasured, when climbers braved the elements with rudimentary gear, and when the hard-earned, high-altitude triumphs of those like Fanny Bullock Workman were presented with the caveat the climber was a woman." Carolyn Porter, author of Marcel's Letters
"Cathryn J. Prince presents legendary adventurer and climber Fanny Bullock Workman, a fascinating champion for women's rights who resisted expectation and refused to conform to gender roles. Through Fanny's fascinating story, Prince beautifully archives the heights achieved by our foremothers." Ruta Sepetys, author of Between Shades of Gray and Salt to the Sea
"This very well researched and written biography brings Fanny's trail-blazing accomplishments to a new generation of climbersboth women and menas well as to armchair mountaineers." Arlene Blum, author of Annapurna: A Woman's Place and Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life
"Cathryn J. Prince digs into original journals, manuscripts, and photos to reveal a woman whose ambitions broke boundaries for mountaineers in general and women climbers in particular." Elizabeth Rynecki, author and documentary film director of Chasing Portraits
"[This] engaging and rigorously reported account of Fanny Bullock Workman's impressive life invites the reader to follow this brave and restless woman up the world's tallest mountains, both geological and cultural. What a read!" Ben Montgomery, author of Grandma Gatewood's Walk and The Leper Spy
" Queen of the Mountaineers will inform scholars and delight mountaineers and armchair travelers with its rich and detailed descriptions of local people, global customs, and the dangers of traveling abroad at the turn of the twentieth century." -- Foreword Reviews