A first rate tragedy
Subtitle: Robert Falcon Scott and the race to the South Pole
By: Diana Preston
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780395933497
Subjects: Explorers; Biography; Discovery and exploration
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 1997 by Constable and Company"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-255) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Early Heats of the Great Race --; title: Scott -- The Early Days --; title: 'Ready, Aye, Ready' --; title: 'Childe Harold to the Dark Tower Came' --; title: 'Poor Old Shackleton' --; title: 'Little Human Insects' --; title: The Reluctant Celebrity --; title: Captain Scott in Love --; title: A Matter of Honour --; title: '"Am Going South," Amundsen' --; title: Stewed Penguin Breast and Plum Pudding --; title: Winter --; title: 'Miserable, Utterly Miserable' --; title: 'What Castles One Builds' --; title: 'God Help Us' --; title: 'Had We Lived ...' --; title: 'We Have Got to Face It Now' --; title: The Reason Why.