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Westlake Girl: My Oregon Frontier Childhood is the true story of a spirited girl coming of age in an isolated village on the Oregon coast from 1928 to 1936. It portrays the artless feminist strivings of a capable girl who dreamed of a career in the Coast Guard on the merit of her skills as a boat pilot and champion swimmer. Frieda''s triumphs (taming a harbor seal as a pet, winning swim races against older boys) and disappointments (exclusion from the Coast Guard for no better reason than that I was a girl) will resonate with modern women who still meet obstacles - some natural and some arbitrary - to having it all.

Westlake Girl

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    A Paperback by Frieda Wampler, Larry Wampler

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      Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/1/2016 12:07:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781493023370, 978-1493023370
      ISBN10: 1493023373

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      Book Synopsis
      Westlake Girl: My Oregon Frontier Childhood is the true story of a spirited girl coming of age in an isolated village on the Oregon coast from 1928 to 1936. It portrays the artless feminist strivings of a capable girl who dreamed of a career in the Coast Guard on the merit of her skills as a boat pilot and champion swimmer. Frieda''s triumphs (taming a harbor seal as a pet, winning swim races against older boys) and disappointments (exclusion from the Coast Guard for no better reason than that I was a girl) will resonate with modern women who still meet obstacles - some natural and some arbitrary - to having it all.

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