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Title: Shackleton's Boat Journey by Frank Arthur Worsley, Edmund Hillary ISBN: 0-393-31864-8 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.73 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Adventures of spirit and flesh
Comment: Frank Worsley's description of the boat journey he made with Shackleton and two other crewmen of the Endurance is remarkable not only for the adventure it tells, but for the language it is told in and the largeness of spirit that it demonstrates. When I first read this--a battered copy in the local library--I felt that every teenager in the United States should have the opportunity to experience the strength of character, understanding and fine prose style Worsley demonstrates in this tremendously exciting adventure story. His description of Shackleton's leadership qualities is insightful and generous. His own navigational miracle of bringing this tiny craft across the wildest seas in the world to the relatively small island of South Georgia is understated. This book is inspirational in the best sort of honest and clear way. I have been to Elephant Island and S. Georgia and my admiration is increased by the experience.
Rating: 5
Summary: Lively - vividly detailed and elequently expressed
Comment: Frank Worsley, the Captain of Shackleton's Endurance, is a surprisingly competent writer with a style that has a knack for the wonderous details of nature as well as the humorous side of things needed in desparate situations.
The book begins with the 3 boats making the dash towards Elephant Island. Most of the book naturally details the journey of the James Caird to South Georgia. Worsley, though very quirky in personality, was an incredibly resourceful, couargeouse man and a navigator without peer. Without him there would have a loss of all lives.
Though at times Worsley may confuse the non-sailing reader with his descriptions of their sailing technique(especially the venacular terms), he nevertheless manages to make you feel you are right in the boat with them. His descriptions of waves, icebergs, etc. are brilliant. He also has a wonderful sense of humor. He has an ability to coin a phrase in that Edwardian period style that is almost poetic. He came from an educated family in New Zealand and it shows.
He also brings great detail to the shorter but still dramatic crossing of South Georgia.
Overall, it is a wonderful book that is alive with details and personal perspectives from a man with a superb mind and great heart.
Rating: 4
Summary: Fascinating first hand account
Comment: This book is well written. I've read a great deal about Shackleton and seen videos, movies, DVDs and Hurley film. But this book provides detail where the second hand accounts do not. If you like sailing, you will especially love this book. The testament also highlights some areas of disagreement between Sir Ernst and Worsley, not of much import, but also not often discussed. Overall a required addition to any Expidetion library. But most of all, perhaps of the the greatest adventures ever told.
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Title: Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy by Lennard Bickel, Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton, Lord Shackleton ISBN: 1560252561 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 22 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure by F.A. Worsley, Frank Arthur Worsley, A. F. Jellicoe, Patrick O'Brian ISBN: 0393319946 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: South: The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shakleton and the Endurance by Sir Ernest Shackleton ISBN: 1558217835 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing ISBN: 078670621X Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Endurance : Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander ISBN: 0375404031 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 03 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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