Author Talk: Heather Hansman on Fierce Country

Join us on Tuesday, September 29th at the Tahoe Wine Collective for the Understory’s first author talk with Heather Hansman, author of Powder Days, in conversation with local writer, Megan Michelson, about Heather’s latest book, Fierce Country: The Untold Story of Three Women Who Ignited America’s Love for the Wild.

This event is free to attend, but we would appreciate a RSVP. Fierce Country will also be The Understory’s Book of the Month for September, so you can order a copy through the Understory in advance of the event or we will also have copies for sale the evening of the event as well.

ABOUT FIERCE COUNTRY: In the spring of 1945, when even the most courageous outdoor enthusiasts had yet to see the depths of the Grand Canyon, Georgie White jumped into the river at Diamond Creek with just a lifejacket and a backpack full of food. Shortly thereafter, she became the first woman to row the Grand Canyon. At the same time, she also exclusively wore leopard print leotards and subsisted only on canned tuna and beer.

While Georgie was running the river, Anne LaBastille was building her life in the Adirondacks. She would go on to become a celebrate author, ecologist and an emblem of the back to the land movement.

And in the Rockies, Dolores LaChapelle, was burnishing her name as one of the best skiers in America. She was climbing and skiing first descents before National Geographic and Warren Miller created an entire industry around such feats.

In Fierce Country, outdoor journalist and celebrated author of Powder Days, Heather Hansman brings these women’s fascinating lives to the forefront of the outdoor movement, affirming the rightful place in the larger story of an evolving American landscape.