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Roland Huntford The Last Place on Earth (Paperback) Modern Library Exploration
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- Book Title
- Last Place on Earth : Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated
- Publication Name
- The Last Place on Earth
- Title
- The Last Place on Earth
- Subtitle
- Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated
- Contributor
- Paul Theroux (Introduction by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0375754741
- EAN
- 9780375754746
- ISBN
- 9780375754746
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History
- Release Year
- 1999
- Release Date
- 07/09/1999
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Item Length
- 8in
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 21.1 Oz
- Series
- Modern Library Exploration
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Features
- Revised
- Topic
- Polar Regions, Adventurers & Explorers, Essays & Travelogues, Expeditions & Discoveries
- Number of Pages
- 640 Pages
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. In the brilliant dual biography, the award-winning writer Roland Huntford re-examines every detail of the great race to the South Pole between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Roald Amundsen. Scott, who dies along with four of his men only eleven miles from his next cache of supplies, became Britain's beloved failure, while Amundsen, who not only beat Scott to the Pole but returned alive, was largely forgotten. This account of their race is a gripping, highly readable history that captures the driving ambitions of the era and the complex, often deeply flawed men who were charged with carrying them out. THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH is the first of Huntford's masterly trilogy of polar biographies. It is also the only work on the subject in the English language based on the original Norwegian sources, to which Huntford returned to revise and update this edition.
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375754741
ISBN-13
9780375754746
eBay Product ID (ePID)
538560
Product Key Features
Book Title
Last Place on Earth : Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole, Revised and Updated
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Polar Regions, Adventurers & Explorers, Essays & Travelogues, Expeditions & Discoveries
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History
Number of Pages
640 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
21.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
G875.S35h86 1999
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
"A remarkably vivid picture of the agonies and feuds, as well as joys, of polar exploration . . . a fascinating book."--The New York Times "An extraordinarily rich reading experience."--Los Angeles Times At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. In this brilliant dual biography, the award-winning writer Roland Huntford reexamines every detail of the great race to the South Pole between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Roald Amundsen. Scott, who died along with four of his men only eleven miles from his next cache of supplies, became Britain's beloved failure, while Amundsen, who not only beat Scott to the Pole but returned alive, was largely forgotten. This account of their race is a gripping, highly readable history that captures the driving ambitions of the era and the complex, often deeply flawed men who were charged with carrying them out. The Last Place on Earth is the first of Huntford's masterly trilogy of polar biographies. It is also the only work on the subject in the English language based on the original Norwegian sources, to which Huntford returned to revise and update this edition. Roland Huntford is the former Scandinavian correspondent for the London Observer. He is the bestselling author of two critically acclaimed biographies of Ernest Shackleton and Fridtjof Nansen as well as the novel Sea of Darkness. He lives in Cambridge, England. Jon Krakauer is the author of Into Thin Air, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and Into the Wild. His work has appeared in many magazines, including Outside, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. He chose the books in the Modern Library Exploration series for their literary merit and historical significance--and because he found them such a pleasure to read.
Copyright Date
1999
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
99-041398
Dewey Decimal
919.8/904/0922
Series
Modern Library Exploration Ser.
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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