Explorer: the life of Richard E. Byrd
Lisle A. Rose
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2008]
- Copyright:
- ©2008
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- 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.
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- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-519) and index.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 544 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Call Numbers:
- G585.B8 R68 2008
- ISBNs:
- 9780826217820 (alk. paper)
0826217826 (alk. paper) - Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2007035754
- OCLC Numbers:
- 167769622