Cook & Peary
Subtitle: the polar controversy, resolved
By: Robert M. Bryce.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Mechanicsburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1133
Subjects: Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940; Peary, Robert E. 1856-1920; Explorers -- United States -- Biography; North Pole
Other titles: Cook and Peary
Description: Not just the final word on what Cook and Peary did and did not do, but is also a full, fair examination of their lives. A finely drawn picture of the last days of the great expeditions, when explorers willingly risked their lives in pursuit of intangible and impossible goals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 987-1122) and index.
Maps of the North Pole on endpapers.