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Author: T. H. Baughman
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Imprint: Bison Books
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 0.90cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.270kg
ISBN: 9780803261631
ISBN 10: 0803261632
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 September 1999
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A history of human experience in the [Antarctic] in the second half of the 19th century ... There was courage, of course, a good deal of romanticism, vanity, competition, spitefulness, and other entirely human qualities displayed by these early visitors... [The book] is very well written, as well as good history. --Choice. A long overdue appreciation of ... pioneering ventures in the far south... A well-researched book that gives a fresh picture of the personalities and influences behind exploration in the late 19th century. --Science.
A history of human experience in the [Antarctic] in the second half of the 19th century ... There was courage, of course, a good deal of romanticism, vanity, competition, spitefulness, and other entirely human qualities displayed by these early visitors... [The book] is very well written, as well as good history. -Choice| A long overdue appreciation of ... pioneering ventures in the far south... A well-researched book that gives a fresh picture of the personalities and influences behind exploration in the late 19th century. -Science
A history of human experience in the [Antarctic] in the second half of the 19th century ... There was courage, of course, a good deal of romanticism, vanity, competition, spitefulness, and other entirely human qualities displayed by these early visitors... [The book] is very well written, as well as good history. -Choice Choice A long overdue appreciation of ... pioneering ventures in the far south... A well-researched book that gives a fresh picture of the personalities and influences behind exploration in the late 19th century. -Science Science
""A history of human experience in the [Antarctic] in the second half of the 19th century ... There was courage, of course, a good deal of romanticism, vanity, competition, spitefulness, and other entirely human qualities displayed by these early visitors... [The book] is very well written, as well as good history.""--Choice. ""A long overdue appreciation of ... pioneering ventures in the far south... A well-researched book that gives a fresh picture of the personalities and influences behind exploration in the late 19th century.""--Science.
Author Information
T. H. Baughman is chair of the History Department at Benedictine College. He is the author of Pilgrims on the Ice: Robert Falcon Scott’s First Antarctic Expedition (Nebraska 1999).
