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Explorer : the life of Richard E. Byrd / Lisle A. Rose.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rose, Lisle A., 1936-2021.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Explorers--United States--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957.
- Byrd, Richard Evelyn.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (567 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- "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".
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-519) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826266439
- 0826266436
- OCLC:
- 646798620
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