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Title: Shackleton by Roland Huntford ISBN: 0786705442 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58
Rating: 5
Summary: Cold, wet and dirty
Comment: Such a fantastic book, using copious material from the explorers diaries with page turning narrative. By reading this book you become a member of the expeditions, feeling cold, hungry, tired, dirty and seasick.
Comparisons between the British and Norwegian explorers of the day are fascinating. While you can relate to the British explorers as hero's, you are also made aware of their failings. It is clear that in many instances their need for endurance was often self inflicted, while the Norwegians move quickly in comfort. The book makes you realise that the British were true amateurs in polar exploration and it is truly amazing that any came back alive. Yet, despite these failings, men such as Shackleton seem to thrive in adverse conditions. You can only marvel at Shackleton's ability to lead, when many others would sit down and give up. They are true hero's and you root for them every step of the way.
Huntsford brings this adventure to life. I must now travel to Antartica to satisfy my thirst for more.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Leader of Men for All Time
Comment: This is a page-turner of the first order. I came to Huntford after reading Alfred North Lansing's Endurance, which whetted my appetite for more Shackleton. Huntford has done that, and much more. Shackleton emerges as a complex figure, alienated in civilization, a unique leader of men in the most brutal conditions imaginable. His cynicism and sarcasm about English Antarctic explorers is telling. His distaste for Scott and admiration for Amundsen only adds spice to a story that is rich from the beginning. Although the book runs nearly 700 pages, it's difficult to put down because the story is so good and Huntford is such a deft story-teller.
Rating: 5
Summary: "Great Shacks, this is good stuff!"
Comment: Huntford's book is the definitive Shackleton. Contemporaries compare him to Churchill; in his ability to use language with presence of personality to entertain, convince and convert listeners into followers. He couldn't be trusted with women or money but on the ice or at sea many men trusted him with their lives; repeatedly. He had the ability to make his dreams yours and make you want to achieve them. You will find here the leadership that was beyond Scotts comprehension, the perseverance that the RGS needed but could not recognize, and the courage not to sacrifice life for fame. Shackleton was one of the few men in history who in desperate circumstances actually improved under the stress; became more resourceful, more courageous, more obstinate.
If Lansing's book left you wide-eyed and open-mouthed in astonishment this book will compound that, fill in the social and political context, and completely describe Shacks and all who came in contact with his whirlwind of adventure, ambition, and survival.
Put this book up on your shelf next to Manchester's Chruchill, Morris' Fisher, or Rice's
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Title: The Last Place on Earth (Modern Library Exploration) by Roland Huntford ISBN: 0375754741 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Nansen: The Explorer as Hero by Roland Huntford ISBN: 0349114927 Publisher: Abacus Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The South Pole by Roald E. Amundsen, Roland Huntford, Captain Roald Amundsen ISBN: 0815411278 Publisher: Cooper Square Press Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Shackleton's Boat Journey by Frank Arthur Worsley, Edmund Hillary ISBN: 0393318648 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard ISBN: 0786704373 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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