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A First Rate Tragedy : Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole by Diana Preston (1999, Trade Paperback)

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On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought -- the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they made a grim discovery: Scott's frozen body lay between those of two fellow explorers. They had died just eleven miles from the depot of supplies that might have saved them. The remaining two members of the party were nowhere in sight, but Scott's eloquent diary revealed their nightmarishly similar fate. It is a story that continues to haunt the popular imagination, and which has never been told more grippingly or with greater compassion than in this book.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0618002014
ISBN-13
9780618002016
eBay Product ID (ePID)
660407

Product Key Features

Book Title
First Rate Tragedy : Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole
Author
Diana Preston
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Polar Regions, Modern / 20th Century, Adventurers & Explorers
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz

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G875.S35
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"This stirring account demonstrates how a thrice-told tale can acquire arresting immediacy... Preston's vibrant biographical passages reveal the [men] in a human context ... [and] the solitude of the Antarctic,[and] the diminutive shapes of intruders filing across immense wastes, is vividly rendered..." Boston Globe "...[an] absorbing and moving story.... One of the virtues of Preston's account is her clear-sightedness about the fatal amateurishness of the British effort. " The New York Times "Preston illuminates Scott's occasional bad luck, inexperience and even ineptitude without diminishing his unquestionable courage, honor and humanity ... Preston's balanced look at Scott's life ... sets this apart from many other works on the subject." Publishers Weekly, Starred "[Diana Preston] reminds us that his is a thrilling story of endurance, perseverance and courage under the most appalling conditions. She dresses Scott once more in the robes of a hero-but thanks to her marvelous vividness, a hero who is also human." Newsday "Almost 90 years on, the tragic tale retains its allure. Preston's account is at once simple, elegant and compelling..." Boston Herald, This stirring account demonstrates how a thrice-told tale can acquire arresting immediacy... Preston's vibrant biographical passages reveal the [men] in a human context ... [and] the solitude of the Antarctic,[and] the diminutive shapes of intruders filing across immense wastes, is vividly rendered..., Almost 90 years on, the tragic tale retains its allure. Preston's account is at once simple, elegant and compelling..., [Diana Preston] reminds us that his is a thrilling story of endurance, perseverance and courage under the most appalling conditions. She dresses Scott once more in the robes of a hero-but thanks to her marvelous vividness, a hero who is also human., Preston illuminates Scott's occasional bad luck, inexperience and even ineptitude without diminishing his unquestionable courage, honor and humanity ... Preston's balanced look at Scott's life ... sets this apart from many other works on the subject., ...[an] absorbing and moving story.... One of the virtues of Preston's account is her clear-sightedness about the fatal amateurishness of the British effort.
Copyright Date
1999
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
919.8/9/04
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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