A01=Frieda Wampler
A01=Larry Wampler
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Author_Frieda Wampler
Author_Larry Wampler
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Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=BM
Category=DNC
childhood
Coming-of-age memoir
COP=United States
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frontier
Frontier childhood
Frontier feminist
Frontier girl
Frontier life
Frontier women
Language_English
oregon
Oregon coast
Oregon frontier
Oregon history
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Pet Seal
Pioneer girl
Price_€10 to €20
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softlaunch
Strong girl books
Women's memoir
Young feminist memoir
Product details
- ISBN 9781493023370
- Weight: 395g
- Dimensions: 153 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2016
- Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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.
Frieda Wampler is a spirited 97-year-old woman who lives independently (with assistance from nearby family) on a small farm in the rural community of Pleasant
Hill, Oregon, near Eugene. She cherishes memories of Thornton, with whom she shared seventy-three years of marriage, until his death in 2010. They raised two children, Bonnie and Larry. Frieda is also beloved by her three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and a three-year-old great-great-grandson.
