$45.81
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
28 April 2015
Summary
In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice and only a day’s sail short of its destination, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men.
For ten months the ice-moored Endurance drif…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780465062881 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0465062881 |
| Author: | Alfred Lansing |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 28 April 2015 |
| Weight: | 430g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 144mm x 29mm |
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Critics Review
“Without a doubt this painstakingly written authentic adventure story will rank as one of the classic tales of the heroic age of exploration.”– Christian Science Monitor
Chicago Tribune “One of the most gripping, suspenseful, intense stories anyone will ever read.” The New York Times “Riveting.” Christian Science Monitor “Without a doubt this painstakingly written authentic adventure story will rank as one of the classic tales of the heroic age of exploration.” Wall Street Journal “Grit in the face of seemingly insurmountable adversity.” Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review “[An] incomparable telling of Shackleton’s travails.”
About The Author
Alfred Lansing
Alfred Lansing (1921-1975) was a native of Chicago. After serving more than five years in the Navy, he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he studied journalism. Until 1949 he edited a weekly newspaper in Illinois, later joined the United Press, and eventually became a freelance writer.
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