Shackleton : by endurance we conquer / Michael Smith
2014, 1st edition. London : Oneworld Publications. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #412549
ISBN: 9781780747071
Physical description; 443 pp. illustrations, maps. Contents; Touching history -- The lonely sea and the sky -- Love and ambition -- Laying the world at her feet -- Fortune hunting -- A hunger -- Baptism by ice -- A step into the unknown -- A beeline -- Rejection -- Two characters -- Finding a niche -- Looking south -- Dreams and realities -- Broken promise -- Ice and men -- Making ready -- South -- Penniless -- Gateway -- 'Death on his pale horse...' -- Home is the hero -- Arise, Sir Ernest -- A man of parts -- Unrest -- Towering ambition -- Into the pack -- Imprisoned -- Death of a ship -- Defiance -- Into the boats -- A dark episode -- Bleak refuge -- Scattered to the winds -- Epic journey -- South Georgia -- Rescue -- The Ross Sea party -- Adrift again -- The last quest -- At rest. Subjects; Shackleton, Ernest Henry Sir 1874-1922. Explorers Great Britain ; Biography. Explorers Ireland. Expeditions: 1901-04 Scott. Leadership. Families. Households. Discovery and exploration.
Price: €10.95