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Meet Isobel Wylie Hutchison
Carlowrie Castle’s most intriguing inhabitant.
Isobel set off unaccompanied for the Arctic at a time when most women could not vote and few ever ventured beyond the domestic sphere. Discover a daring twentieth-century Scottish woman who defied social convention in order to live authentically and independently.
![So much❤️❤️❤️for this vivid book about Isobel by Gwyneth Hoyle. 5 ⭐️ rating on Amazon. Such a fascinating account of her life at Carlowrie and her travels around the world.
If you are not in a position to buy a copy online please get in touch with us and we can loan out our spare castle copy.
Scottish plant collector and explorer Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889–1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians. To achieve her goals, she traveled by any means available, from rowboats in Greenland to trading schooners and coast-guard vessels in Alaska. When necessary, she journeyed by snowshoe or sled in pursuit of her botanical specimens, accompanied only by strangers who served as guides. In Flowers in the Snow, Gwyneth Hoyle paints a vivid portrait of a woman gloriously out of the step with the conventions of her time.
"A meticulously researched and highly readable biography. . . . Flowers in the Snow is a moving and carefully researched portrait of an intrepid and unconventional woman who bravely answered her personal call of the North."-"Pacific Northwest Quarterly,"
"A welcome tribute to a female pioneer."-"Publishers Weekly,"
"Biographer Gwyneth Hoyle presents an appealing portrait of Hutchinson. . . . This inspiring tale details with pleasure the extreme distances to which a woman's passion may take her-not only through the wilds of the Arctic, but beyond cultural limitations."-Bernadette Murphy, "Los Angeles Times,"
"This is an engaging account of an independent and determined woman who risked danger, endured loneliness, and accepted many discomforts in the pursuit of her passion."-"SciTech Book News,"
"With scientific curiosity, an unfailing competence in tight situations, and inborn modesty, [Hutchison] set high standards for those that followed. This richly told story of her accomplishments is long overdue."-John W. Lentz, Fellow, The Explorers Club.
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