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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807648903321

Autore

Rose Lisle Abbott <1936->

Titolo

Explorer : the life of Richard E. Byrd / / Lisle A. Rose

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8262-6643-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (567 p.)

Disciplina

919.8/904

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Soggetti

Explorers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-519) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Danger was all that thrilled him" -- Reaching for the skies -- Breakthrough -- Triumph -- Hero -- Celebrity -- The secret land -- Southward -- Zenith -- Politico -- Jeopardy -- Breakdown -- Stumbling -- Recovery -- "Ever a fighter so".

Sommario/riassunto

"Rose presents the first complete biography of this popular yet controversial explorer, including his first adventure in Greenland in 1925, his flights to the North and South Poles and across the Atlantic, his soul-shattering ordeal in Antarctica at Advance Base in 1934, and the decline of his later years"--Provided by publisher.