Who was Ernest Shackleton?

Titre
Who was Ernest Shackleton?

James, Buckley

Sommaire
"As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton's incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. His courage in the face of dangerous conditions and unforeseeable tragedies reveal the great leader that he was. His historic 1914 journey aboard the Endurance has all the drama of an action movie".

Date de publication comme intervalle
2013

Who was...?

Description matérielle
103 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Vedette-matière - nom de personne
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922.

Terme de vedette-matière
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Terme géographique
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

Résumé
"As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton's incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. His courage in the face of dangerous conditions and unforeseeable tragedies reveal the great leader that he was. His historic 1914 journey aboard the Endurance has all the drama of an action movie".

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780448479316
 
9781480639164

Informations de publication
New York : Grosset and Dunlap, [2013]
 
©2013


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