| Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition Contributor(s): Alexander, Caroline (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060932619 ISBN-13: 9780060932619 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1999 Annotation: The carpenter has a very fine cat who is known as "Mrs. Chippie.,." -- from the diary of Commander F. A. Worsley, captain of Shackleton's "Endurance" When Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship "Endurance" became trapped in the Antarctic ice, all twenty-nine members of the crew were pushed to their limits of survival, including Mrs. Chippy, the ship's estimable cat. Fortunately for posterity, Mrs. Chippy left a diary of the ordeal. Closely based on the true events of Shackleton's heroic journey, and illustrated with authentic photographs taken by Frank Hurley, expedition photographer, "Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition" is a firsthand account of one of the greatest adventures in history--from a unique point of view. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Nature | Animals - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97015732 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.35 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Arctic/Antarctic |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 68896 Reading Level: 7.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Alexander has done a fine job. . . allowing the cat's (and her own) sense of humor to have full run. --New York Times Book Review When Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance became trapped in the Antarctic ice, all twenty-nine members of the crew were pushed to their limits of survival, including Mrs. Chippy, the ship's estimable cat. Fortunately for posterity, Mrs. Chippy left a diary of the ordeal. Closely based on the true events of Shackleton's heroic journey, and illustrated with authentic photographs taken by Frank Hurley, expedition photographer, Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition is a firsthand account of one of the greatest adventures in history--from a unique point of view. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alexander, Caroline: - Caroline Alexander is the author of the international bestsellers The Endurance and The Bounty and, more recently, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of the Trojan War. She is a contributing writer for National Geographic magazine and her work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Smithsonian, and Outside, among other publications. Alexander received her doctorate in classics from Columbia University and was the founder of the Department of Classics at the University of Malawi in East Africa. |