Jane Dolinger The Adventurous Life of an American Travel Writer [Hardcover]

For almost forty years, Jane Dolinger traveled the world and wrote about her adventures, from the Amazon jungle to the sands of the Sahara. She produced eight books and more than a thousand articles between 1955 and 1995, and she also earned a reputation as a glamorous celebrity and model. Jane Dolinger was an anomaly in her time, a dynamic and attractive woman with an impressive literary talent, a woman who lived and documented a most unconventional and inspirational life. Sometimes controversial but always outstanding, Jane was a pioneer among women and writers. Here for the first time, her life and work are studied in a thoroughly researched yet entertaining literary biography.For almost forty years, Jane Dolinger traveled the world and wrote about her adventures, from the Amazon jungle to the sands of the Sahara. She produced eight books and more than a thousand articles between 1955 and 1995, and she also earned a reputation as a glamorous celebrity and model. Jane Dolinger was an anomaly in her time, a dynamic and attractive woman with an impressive literary talent, a woman who lived and documented a most unconventional and inspirational life. Sometimes controversial but always outstanding, Jane was a pioneer among women and writers. Here for the first time, her life and work are studied in a thoroughly researched yet entertaining literary biography.From the Smoky Mountains to the Gran Pajonal * What Could Be More Ridiculous Than a Girl in the Jungle? * The Queen of the Jungle Goes Headhunting * Her First Solo Flight, and a Mixed Reception * Veronica , Jane's Revealing Bullfighting Novel * The Adventuress Turns Art Model Turns Jet Setter * Behind Harem Walls , Jane's Most Daring Adventure * The Traveler, the Socialite, the Writer, the Model * A Bold Excursion into the World of the Jaguar Princess

A fascinating and engrossing study of a ground-breaking woman traveler and writer. The subject of this biography, Jane Dolinger, demonstrates that the mid-l“0