Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage, Leadership and Tragedy in the Extreme South by David Crane
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Product Details
Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780007219650
Book Condition: Good
Author: David Crane
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: HarperCollins
Place: London
Year: 2005
Format: Paperback
Pages: 480 pages
Period: 20th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. Some wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned. Previous owner has signed inside page. Binding and interior are very good.
‘It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more…For God’s sake look after our people.’ These were the final words written in Scott’s diary on 29 March 1912, as he lay dying of exhaustion, starvation and extreme cold, in his tent on his return journey from the South Pole. Since then he has been the subject of many books. Yet in all the pages that have been written about him, the personality behind the legend has been forgotten or distorted beyond all recognition.
David Crane’s magisterial biography redresses this completely. By reassessing Scott’s life and his substantial scientific achievements, Crane is able to provide a fresh and exciting perspective on both the Discovery expedition of 1901-4 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910-12. The courage and tragedy of Scott’s last journey are only one part of the process, for the scientific enquiry that led up to it transformed the whole nature and ambition of Antarctic exploration.
Written with the full support of Scott’s surviving relatives, and with access to the voluminous diaries and records of key participants, this definitive biography sets out to reconcile the very private struggles of the man with the very public life of extremes that he led. (publisher blurb)
Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage, Leadership and Tragedy in the Extreme South by David Crane
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