As Told at the Explorers Club
Language: English
Published by Lyons Press, Guilford CT, 2003
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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George Plimpton (ed). As Told at the Explorers Club. Guilford CT: The Lyons Press, 2003, 1st edition, 1st printing, xvi, 445 pp. *** Volume 1 of The Exdplorers Club Classics Series. More than fifty (50) gripping tales of adventure by members of this elite New York City club. Contributors include Lowell Thomas, Carl Von Hoffman, Roald Amundsen, Suydam Cutting, Roy Chapman Andrews, Vic Hurley, Hassoldt Davis, et. al. With illustrated end papers and a color illustrated dust jacket (not price clipped) in a clear protective cover. This book is in my inventory and the images are of this particular item. *** Bound in pale peach paper boards and a black cloth spine with gold lettering. The book is in Fine condition, the jacket Near Fine. *** 9.25 inches tall by 6.5 inches.
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- Title
- As Told at the Explorers Club
- Author
- George Plimpton (ed)
- Publisher
- Lyons Press, Guilford CT
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1592280358
- ISBN 13
- 9781592280353
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 3 pounds
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Here then, are some of the best tales ever swapped at that capital of adventure, including:
Anthony Fiola on being in close quarters with a polar bear
Charles Lindbergh on his famous flight
Felix Reisenberg on the Arctic
Anne Keenleyside, Ph. D. on cannibalism
Roald Amundsen on the explorer Stefansson
Mervyn Cowie on hunting killer lions
Jean-Marc Boivin on hang-gliding
Curtis and Kathleen Saville on oceanic rowing
E. W. Deming on Sitting Bull's mysterious death
It's some of the finest writing on some of the most hair-raising journeys ever made, all selected by editor George Plimpton, himself a member of The Explorers Club.
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