Westlake Girl: My Oregon Frontier Childhood

by Frieda Wampler, Larry Wampler

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493023387
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	07/01/2016
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Frieda Wampler is a spirited 95-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 two-year-old great-great-grandson.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

1 Water 1

2 Big Day Ahead 7

3 Daddy 17

4 Racing 31

5 Hand and Foot 47

6 Books 61

7 Salmon 71

8 Trip to Florence 83

9 Mommy's Family 95

10 Winter 107

11 Santa 115

12 Bell 127

13 Float House 135

14 Sealy 151

15 Last Race 171

16 Summer Vacation 183

17 Road to Paradise 193

18 Initiation 201

19 Beyond Westlake 213

About the Authors 229