{"product_id":"anne-labastille-penny-harr-9781493093809","title":"Anne Labastille: A Biography of the Woodswoman","description":"Award-winning wildlife ecologist and bestselling author Anne LaBastille was a trailblazer in every sense of the word. Perhaps best known for her seminal wilderness book \u003ci\u003eWoodswoman\u003c\/i\u003e, recounting her years spent living in a remote Adirondacks cabin, and which inspired countless women to shun societal dictates and pursue their passions, LaBastille railed against bureaucracy and patriarchy to become a powerful figure in environmentalism. \u003ci\u003eAnne LaBastille\u003c\/i\u003e is the first ever biography of this powerful and polarizing woman who dedicated her life to preserving the natural world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in 1933, LaBastille was raised in a time when women largely stayed at home. A lover of the outdoors, curious, and sharp-witted, LaBastille was determined to become a wildlife ecologist. When urged to conduct research in a lab while completing her master's degree in wildlife ecology at Colorado State, she insisted that the best way to study big game - the subject of her thesis - was out in the field. A professor who recognized her grit gave her a truck and his best wishes. After receiving her Ph.D. from Cornell University, LaBastille she traveled the world working for the betterment of the environment and its natural inhabitants, especially at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala where she tried for decades to save the giant pied-billed grebe from extinction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout the course of her environmental work, LaBastille was an insatiable writer. Beyond \u003ci\u003eWoodswoman \u003c\/i\u003eand its several sequels\u003ci\u003e, Mama Poc \u003c\/i\u003echronicles her time in Lake Atitlan, \u003ci\u003eJaguar Totem \u003c\/i\u003ecovers her conservation work in Central America and Scotland, and numerous articles - some in her early career she wrote under a man's name in order to get published - in \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic, Readers Digest, Outdoor Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAdirondack Life, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others, relate her adventures and adamant principles of conservation. Throughout her life, LaBastille was awarded the World Wildlife Fund Gold Medal, the Society of Women Geographers Gold medal, and Nature Educator of the Year from the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. Through personal interviews and archival research, Adirondack Museum interpreter and seventh-generation Adirondacker Penny Harr paints an in-depth portrait of LaBastille's personal and rich inner-life including and beyond her career achievements, breathing life into a legend of wildlife conservation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Penny Harr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1493093800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493093809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Country Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Penny Harr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47761265099007,"sku":"9781493093809","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5aba97a-ee20-423d-b06f-e7d24978ce6f.jpg?v=1765514736","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anne-labastille-penny-harr-9781493093809","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}