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Lisa Hendrickson is the author of Burning the Breeze: Three Generations of Women in the American West, published in 2021 by Bison Books/University of Nebraska Press. The book was a finalist in the Creative Non-fiction category of the WILLA Literary Awards presented by Women Writing the West. It also was a finalist for the 2022 Evans Handcart Award in the biography category, presented by the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies, Utah State University.

Lisa co-wrote, with Dick Hall, Kiritsis and Me: 63 Hours at Gunpoint, which documents Hall’s 1977 kidnapping by Tony Kiritsis, a national news story that year. In addition, she edited a series of three books commissioned by the Indiana Bicentennial Commission for the state’s 200th anniversa ...more

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	Burning the Breeze: Three Generations of Women in the American West 3.83 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indiana at 200: A Celebration of the Hoosier State by Lisa Hendrickson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alicia Carlson (Editor), Tom Harton (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indiana's "Bison-Tennial" Project: A Celebration of Hoosier History, Artistry and Creativity 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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In praise of adventurous women

I was thrilled to learn this week that Burning the Breeze: Three Generations of Women in the American West has been selected as a finalist in the WILLA Literary Awards sponsored by Women Writing the West. Much of the writing about the history of the American West has focused on men. But there are so many women who deserve to be known and honored, and it's high time for their accomplishments to com

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