Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey from NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer

Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey from NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer
ISBN-10
1426207212
ISBN-13
9781426207211
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
301
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
National Geographic Books
Author
Mireya Mayor

Description

The author describes her amazing journey from a sheltered childhood to a cushy job as an NFL cheerleader to her bushwhacking, death-defying rise to become a top primatologist, world-renown for her landmark discovery of a new species of lemur.

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