{"product_id":"flowers-in-the-snow-9780803273443","title":"Flowers in the Snow","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaints a vivid portrait of a woman gloriously out of the step with the conventions of her time. Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Biographer Gwyneth Hoyle presents an appealing portrait of Hutchinson... This inspiring tale details with pleasure the extreme distances to which a woman's passion may take her-not only through the wilds of the Arctic, but beyond cultural limitations.\"-Bernadette Murphy, Los Angeles Times -- Bernadette Murphy Los Angeles Times \"A welcome tribute to a female pioneer.\"-Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly \"This is an engaging account of an independent and determined woman who risked danger, endured loneliness, and accepted many discomforts in the pursuit of her passion.\"-SciTech Book News SciTech Book News \"A meticulously researched and highly readable biography... Flowers in the Snow is a moving and carefully researched portrait of an intrepid and unconventional woman who bravely answered her personal call of the North.\"-Pacific Northwest Quarterly Pacific Northwest Quarterly \"With scientific curiosity, an unfailing competence in tight situations, and inborn modesty, [Hutchison] set high standards for those that followed. This richly told story of her accomplishments is long overdue.\"-John W. Lentz, Fellow, The Explorers Club -- John W. Lentz","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405273735511,"sku":"9780803273443","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803273443.jpg?v=1730489387","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/flowers-in-the-snow-9780803273443","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}