9780786706211
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing
ISBN 13: 9780786706211
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Softcover
Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed:
In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Weaving a treacherous path through the freezing Weddell Sea, they had come within eighty-five miles of their destination when their ship, Endurance, was trapped fast in the ice pack. Soon the ship was crushed like matchwood, leaving the crew stranded on the floes. Their ordeal would last for twenty months, and they would make two near-fatal attempts to escape by open boat before their final rescue. Drawing upon previously unavailable sources, Caroline Alexander gives us a riveting account of Shackleton's expedition--one of history's greatest epics of survival. And she presents the astonishing work of Frank Hurley, the Australian photographer whose visual record of the adventure has never before been published comprehensively. Together, text and image re-create the terrible beauty of Antarctica, the awful destruction of the ship, and the crew's heroic daily struggle to stay alive, a miracle achieved largely through Shackleton's inspiring leadership. The survival of Hurley's remarkable images is scarcely less miraculous: The original glass plate negatives, from which most of the books illustrations are superbly reproduced, were stored in hermetically sealed cannisters that survived months on the ice floes, a week in an open boat on the polar seas, and several more months buried in the snows of a rocky outcrop called Elephant Island. Finally Hurley was forced to abandon his professional equipment; he captured some of the most unforgettable images of the struggle with a pocket camera and three rolls of Kodak film. Published in conjunction with the American Museum of Natural History's landmark exhibition on Shackleton's journey, The Endurance thrillingly recounts one of the last great adventures in the Heroic Age of exploration--perhaps the greatest of them all.
Review:
"'Endurance' is one of the most gripping, suspenseful, intense stories anyone will ever read."
Chicago Tribune
Review:"A thrilling reading experience! One of the greatest adventure stories of our times."
New York Times Book Review
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage: Search Results
| 1. |
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (ISBN: 078670621X / 0-7867-0621-X) Lansing, Alfred Quantity Available: 1
Book Description: Basic Books. PAPERBACK. Book Condition: New. 078670621X Cover has very little shelf wear. No spine seams. No remainder mark. Pages are clean and have no markings, no creases and no dog-ears. Trade Paperback. Bookseller Inventory # SKU1056521 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 2. |
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (ISBN: 9780786706211) Lansing, Alfred Quantity Available: 14
Book Description: Basic Books, 1999. Paperback. Book Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from US. Bookseller Inventory # KB-9780786706211 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 3. |
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (ISBN: 078670621X / 0-7867-0621-X) Lansing, Alfred Quantity Available: 1
Book Description: Basic Books. PAPERBACK. Book Condition: New. 078670621X NEW-SHIPS TODAY .FREE TRACKING /DELIVERY CONFIRMATION/. Bookseller Inventory # SHELF1335-153 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 4. |
ENDURANCE (2e,tr) (ISBN: 078670621X / 0-7867-0621-X) Lansing, Alfred Quantity Available: > 20
Book Description: Book Condition: New. Brand New. Bookseller Inventory # 078670621X Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 5. |
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage 2ND Edition (ISBN: 078670621X / 0-7867-0621-X) Lansing, Alfred Quantity Available: 5
Book Description: Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 332270-n Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 6. |
Endurance: Shackletonandapos;s Incredible Voyage (Paperback) (ISBN: 078670621X / 0-7867-0621-X) Lansing, Alfred Quantity Available: > 20
Book Description: Book Condition: New. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Paperback). Bookseller Inventory # 078670621X-11-XBZN Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 7. |
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (ISBN: 9780786706211) Lansing, Alfred Quantity Available: 11
Book Description: Paperback. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 566775 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 8. |
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Paperback) (ISBN: 078670621X / 0-7867-0621-X) Lansing, Alfred Quantity Available: 1
Book Description: 1999. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 130mm x 15mm x 211mm. Paperback. The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, defined heroism. Alfred Lansing's scrupulousl.Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. 282 pages. 0.249. Bookseller Inventory # 9780786706211 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 9. |
Endurance : Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (ISBN: 078670621X / 0-7867-0621-X) Lansing, Alfred Quantity Available: 1
Book Description: 2004. Soft Cover. Book Condition: New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BRAND NEW BOOK. Bookseller Inventory # 008379 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
|||
| 10. |
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Paperback) (ISBN: 9780786706211) Lansing, Alfred Quantity Available: 10
Book Description: Carroll Graf Publishers Inc, United States, 1999. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Revised ed. 216 x 140 mm. Brand New Book. The astonishing saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time magazine put it, "defined heroism. " Alfred Lansing's scrupulously researched and brilliantly narrated book -- with over 200,000 copies sold -- has long been acknowledged as the definitive account of the Endurance's fateful trip. To write their authoritative story, Lansing consulted with ten of the surviving members and gained access to diaries and personal accounts by eight others. The resulting book has all the immediacy of a first-hand account, expanded with maps and illustrations especially for this edition. Bookseller Inventory # ABZ9780786706211 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
Shipping:
US$ 0.00
From United Kingdom to U.S.A. |
||
Portions of this page may be (c) 2006 Muze Inc. Some database content may also be provided by Baker & Taylor Inc. Copyright 1995-2006 Muze Inc. For personal non-commercial use only. All rights reserved. Content for books is owned by Baker & Taylor, Inc. or its licensors and is subject to copyright and all other protections provided by applicable law.
Portions of this page may be Copyright VNU Entertainment Media (UK) Ltd., 2006, Georg Lingenbrink GmbH & Co., Tite Live, S.A or Informazioni Editoriali S.p.A. All rights reserved.
