Explorer [electronic resource] : the life of Richard E. Byrd / Lisle A. Rose.
Rose, Lisle A., 1936-
2008
G585.B8 R68 2008eb
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Title Explorer [electronic resource] : the life of Richard E. Byrd / Lisle A. Rose.
Author Rose, Lisle A., 1936-
ISBN 9780826217820 (alk. paper)
0826217826 (alk. paper)
Imprint Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
Language English
Description xix, 544 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number G585.B8 R68 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 919.8/904 B
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-519) and index.
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