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Peary's Arctic quest : untold stories from Robert E. Peary's North Pole expeditions / Susan A. Kaplan and Genevieve M. LeMoine.
LIBRA - Rare G635.P4 K28 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaplan, Susan A., 1951- author.
- LeMoine, Genevieve M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.
- Peary, Robert E.
- Explorers--United States--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration.
- Arctic regions.
- North Pole--Discovery and exploration.
- North Pole.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Arctic Ocean--North Pole.
- Arctic Regions.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Physical Description:
- xv, 189 pages ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Camden, Maine : Down East Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Filled with artifacts, drawings, maps, and historical photographs from the Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum collections, "Peary's Arctic Quest" provides a richly illustrated overview of Robert Peary's quest to reach the North Pole"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Robert E. Peary, 1856-1920
- Reaching for the Pole : the 1905-1906 and 1908-1909 expeditions
- Peary the innovator
- He could not do without them
- Peary and the Inughuit
- The North Pole controversy in historical perspective
- The contemporary Arctic.
- Notes:
- "Published in cooperation with The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy G635.P4 K28 2019 gift of David and Deirdre Stam, 2024. Has inscription: "June 2019. Dear Deirdre and David, With many thanks for stimulating conversations over many years. Susan. Genevieve." Dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 9781608936434
- 1608936430
- OCLC:
- 1089257041
- Publisher Number:
- 40029230062
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