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Explorer the life of Richard E. Byrd
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Title
Explorer [electronic resource] : the life of Richard E. Byrd / Lisle A. Rose.
ISBN
0826266436
9780826266439
0826217826 (alk. paper)
9780826217820 (alk. paper)
Published
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 544 p. :) : ill., maps ;
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"Rose presents the first complete biography of this popular yet controversial explorer, including his first adventure in Greenland in 1925, his flights to the North and South Poles and across the Atlantic, his soul-shattering ordeal in Antarctica at Advance Base in 1934, and the decline of his later years"--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - UPCC Archive Complete Supplement II.
Project MUSE - UPCC Archive History Supplement II.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 09, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-519) and index.
Contents
"Danger was all that thrilled him"
Reaching for the skies
Breakthrough
Triumph
Hero
Celebrity
The secret land
Southward
Zenith
Politico
Jeopardy
Breakdown
Stumbling
Recovery
"Ever a fighter so".
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