Author: Shackleton, Jonathan and John MacKenna
Title: Shackleton: An Irishman in Antarctica (Signed)
Description: Dublin, Ireland, The Lilliput Press, 2003. Revised, corrected edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6.75 x 9 in. pp. 208. Illustrated with over 100 black and white photographs, maps, and engravings. Author signature, dated 2003, to title page. Dark blue boards with silver title to spine. Endpaper maps of Ernest Shackletons's South Pole expeditions. Protected in mylar. The author, himself an established expert on Antarica and his famous relative, draws on family records, diaries, and letters to present a personal view of the great Antarctic explorer of the early 20th Century. He tells not only the famous story of Shackleton's doomed ship, Endurance, he also traces the explorer's Quaker and Irish upbringing in Kildare, his time in the Merchant Navy, his marriage and love affairs, his political life, and the haunting story of his final, fatal expedition on the Quest. Near Fine / Near Fine .
Keywords: The Endeavor, Antarctica Exploration, South Pole Expeditions, Antarctica Hiistory, Polar Exploration
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Title: Shackleton: An Irishman in Antarctica (Signed)
Description: Dublin, Ireland, The Lilliput Press, 2003. Revised, corrected edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6.75 x 9 in. pp. 208. Illustrated with over 100 black and white photographs, maps, and engravings. Author signature, dated 2003, to title page. Dark blue boards with silver title to spine. Endpaper maps of Ernest Shackletons's South Pole expeditions. Protected in mylar. The author, himself an established expert on Antarica and his famous relative, draws on family records, diaries, and letters to present a personal view of the great Antarctic explorer of the early 20th Century. He tells not only the famous story of Shackleton's doomed ship, Endurance, he also traces the explorer's Quaker and Irish upbringing in Kildare, his time in the Merchant Navy, his marriage and love affairs, his political life, and the haunting story of his final, fatal expedition on the Quest. Near Fine / Near Fine .
Keywords: The Endeavor, Antarctica Exploration, South Pole Expeditions, Antarctica Hiistory, Polar Exploration
Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: Aardvark Books
- Book number: 85640
- Book number: 85640
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