Explorer
Subtitle: the life of Richard E. Byrd
By: Lisle A. Rose.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780826217820
Subjects: Byrd, Richard Evelyn, -- 1888-1957; Explorers -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-519) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Danger was all that thrilled him"; title: Reaching for the skies; title: Breakthrough; title: Triumph; title: Hero; title: Celebrity; title: The secret land; title: Southward; title: Zenith; title: Politico; title: Jeopardy; title: Breakdown; title: Stumbling; title: Recovery; title: "Ever a fighter so".