Shackleton's stowaway
Title:
Shackleton's stowaway
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Summary:
A fictionalized account of the adventures of eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow, who stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after their ship Endurance was crushed by ice, endured many hardships, including the loss of the toes of his left foot to frostbite, during the nearly two-year return journey across sea and ice.
Year Published:
2005
Physical Description:
317 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Note (Local):
Young Reader's Choice 2008
Age Interest level:
12 up.
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ISBN:
9780375826917
Publisher:
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c2005.
