The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt

Women Travellers and Their World

• Author(s): Mary Russell,
• Publisher: Collins
• Pages: 239
• ISBN_10: 0002179814
  ISBN_13: 9780002179812
  
• Language: en

Description:... "Some of the most remarkable journeys ever undertaken have been made by women. In The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt Mary Russell provides a fascinating, highly entertaining account of the most intrepid and adventurous exploits recorded by women and investigates what made them abandon the comfort and safety of home for the risks and dangers of the unknown"--Back cover.