Format:
Book
Author(s):
Herbert, Wally
Keyword(s):
Explorers -- United States -- Biography.
Explorateurs -- …tats-Unis -- Biographies.
Expedition
Geschichte (1909)
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.
Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940.
Peary, Robert E., 1856-1920.
Cook, Frederick A., 1865-1940.
Peary, Robert E.
North Pole.
PÙle Nord.
Nordpol
Cook, Frederick Albert
Explorers
Biography
United States
North Pole
Peary, Robert E.
Year:
1989
Pages:
395 p., [16] p. of plates
Publisher:
Atheneum
Publisher location:
New York
Accession number:
19125417
Label:
Box 81
Notes:
ill. ; 25 cm.
Guests of honour -- The sheltered years -- The uncertain direction of fame -- The persistent devil -- Fame, one way or another -- The vision -- The deepening obsession -- The years of doubt and suffering -- The weather-beaten fanatic -- Farthest North, 1906? -- The threat of Dr. Cook -- The final arrow -- The North Pole, or n ot -- The onus of proof -- The gold brick -- The tarnished prize -- The burden of truth -- The price of fame.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-382) and index.
Wally Herbert.
Book
Language:
English
Call number:
LC: G635.P4; Dewey: 910/.9163/2; 919.8/04/0922; B; NLC: G635 P4
ISBN:
ISBN: 0689120346; 9780689120343; National Library: 900071060 LCCN: 89-90
Work type:
Biography (bio)