The noose of laurels
Subtitle: Robert E. Peary and the race to the North Pole
By: Wally Herbert.
Publisher: Atheneum
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9780689120343
Subjects: Peary, Robert E. 1856-1920.; Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940.; Explorers -- United States -- Biography.; North Pole.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 371-382.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Guests of honour; title: The sheltered years; title: The uncertain direction of fame; title: The persistent devil; title: Fame, one way or another; title: The vision; title: The deepening obsession; title: The years of doubt and suffering; title: The weather-beaten fanatic; title: Farthest North, 1906? : Part 1 : "Nothing short will suffice"; title: Farthest North, 1906? : Part 2 : "The first day of dark"; title: Farthest North, 1906? : Part 3 : Crocker land"; title: The threat of Dr. Cook; title: The final arrow; title: The North Pole, or not; title: The onus of proof; title: The gold brick; title: The tarnished prize; title: The burden of truth; title: The price of fame; title: Appendix 1 : The Eskimo account of Dr. Cook's attempt to reach the North Pole in 1908; title: Appendix 2 : The Peary hearings