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Title: Tom Crean: Unsung Hero of the Scott and Shackleton Antarctic Expeditions by Michael Smith ISBN: 089886870X Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: February, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: A Real Hero
Comment: I've read almost every book I can find on Antarctic exploration and without a doubt, this is one of the finest. Tom Crean is always mentioned in books about early Antarctic epics but we've never really got to know him and what kind of a man he was. Michael Smith has done a fine job in tracing Crean's life from his early days in the Navy, his subsequent trips with Scott and Shackleton right up to his final days as a Pub owner is his home in Ireland. This is the kind of man you'd want whatever your expedition might be. He was brave, strong, honest, trustworthy and humorus, no matter what the circumstances. A great story about a real hero!
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating
Comment: Tom Crean survived several famous Antarctic adventures of the Edwardian Era, and yet is hardly mentioned in most of the popular Antarctic Exploration books. Michael Smith does a fantastic job telling Crean's personal history with humor and understanding, while giving insight into the expeditions, the explorers and Antarctic History as a whole. This is a must-have for polar enthusasts (or shall we say, PolarGeeks?).
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Long Overdue Biography
Comment: Any reader of the many books written on the Heroic Age of Polar explorations will very much enjoy this well presented biographical history of a tough Irishman who accompanied Shackleton on two Antarctic voyages (including the ill fated
Endurance trip) and Scott on the ill fated trek to the South Pole.
Wonderfully presented, this book was fascinating to read and will be most treasured in my collection of polar exploration books. Do not hesitate to select this book if you enjoy nonfiction adventure.
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Title: Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard by Sara Wheeler ISBN: 0375503285 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 16 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Shackleton's Captain: A Biography of Frank Worsley by John Thomson ISBN: 0889626782 Publisher: Mosaic Press Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917 by Frank Hurley ISBN: 074322292X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 25 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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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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Title: Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy by Lennard Bickel, Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton ISBN: 1560252561 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 22 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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