The Last Days of Ernest Shackleton: A First Hand Account by George Ross (Historic Series)

Reardon, Nicholas/ Ross, George

ISBN 10: 1901037215 / ISBN 13: 9781901037210

Published by Reardon Publishing, 2023

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192 pages. 8.66x4.53x0.79 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # zk1901037215

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Last Days of Ernest Shackleton: A First Hand Account by George Ross (Historic Series)
• Publisher: Reardon Publishing
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1901037215
• ISBN 13: 9781901037210
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.57 kilograms

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Synopsis

Hardback First Standard Edition

The Last Days of Ernest Shackleton, is a unique and fully illustrated account of Shackleton’s death and burial in South Georgia from the personal point of view of a seaman on the Quest Expedition by the name of George Ross. George joined the Quest Expedition, at a place called Leith Harbour, in South Georgia, with the position donkey-man (a person in charge of a ships engine room) and he explains in detail the daily running of the ship after Shackleton’s death as a first hand account from a below decks crew members point of view. Along with George’s first hand account the book covers both the funeral arrangements, the Shetland Pallbearers, a short history of Shackleton’s Scouts, and the speeches at the unveiling of the Shacketon memorial. This along with photos, maps, paintings and drawings of the expedition, crew, ship, Grytviken church, funeral and grave. To finish off the book the book contains an interview with the late Ernest Shackleton where he explains in his own words how his life at sea started and how he would like to be remembered.