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Author: Robert A. Bartlett ,
Edward E. Leslie
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint: M. Evans& Co Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.526kg
ISBN: 9781590774762
ISBN 10: 1590774760
Pages: 406
Publication Date: 18 August 2014
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Bartlett tells, with a liveliness of detail, of an adventure during which untold dangers and sufferings were experienced...Bartlett tells his story with an earnestness that comes only from one who has fought with the stern forces of nature in the frozen seas. Yet it is touched here and there with a humor that lightens the grim perils of the Arctic. * The New York Times * An authoritative record of polar exploration and a narrative of dangerous adventure....The rough bark on Bartlett's story, his honesty and avoidance of sentimentality, is not the least of the book's many virtues. From every page shines forth unconsciously the genial, unselfish and indomitable spirit of the born leader and explorer. * Publishers Weekly *
Bartlett tells, with a liveliness of detail, of an adventure during which untold dangers and sufferings were experienced...Bartlett tells his story with an earnestness that comes only from one who has fought with the stern forces of nature in the frozen seas. Yet it is touched here and there with a humor that lightens the grim perils of the Arctic. New York Times An authoritative record of polar exploration and a narrative of dangerous adventure...The rough bark on Bartlett's story, his honesty and avoidance of sentimentality, is not the least of the book's many virtues. From every page shines forth unconsciously the genial, unselfish and indomitable spirit of the born leader and explorer. Publishers Weekly
Bartlett tells, with a liveliness of detail, of an adventure during which untold dangers and sufferings were experienced...Bartlett tells his story with an earnestness that comes only from one who has fought with the stern forces of nature in the frozen seas. Yet it is touched here and there with a humor that lightens the grim perils of the Arctic. New York Times Book Review An authoritative record of polar exploration and a narrative of dangerous adventure...The rough bark on Bartlett's story, his honesty and avoidance of sentimentality, is not the least of the book's many virtues. From every page shines forth unconsciously the genial, unselfish and indomitable spirit of the born leader and explorer. Publishers Weekly
Author Information
Captain Robert A. Bartlett, the greatest ice captain who ever lived, commanded the Roosevelt on Robert E. Peary’s last two attempts to conquer the North Pole; pioneered the trail over rough ice that brought Peary to within 150 miles of his goal; and was the last white man Peary sent back before his final dash to the Pole. Edward E. Leslie is the author of Desperate Journeys and Abandoned Souls: The True Story of Castaways and Other Survivors. He lives in Massillon, Ohio.
