| Who Was Ernest Shackleton? Bound for Schoo Edition Contributor(s): Buckley, James, Jr. (Author), Hergenrother, Max (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0606341625 ISBN-13: 9780606341622 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $15.64 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Exploration & Discovery - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Discoveries |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2013032703 |
| Lexile Measure: 770 |
| Series: Who Was...? |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 7.4" (0.45 lbs) 103 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 165686 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton's incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. His courage in the face of dangerous conditions and unforeseeable tragedies reveal the great leader that he was. His historic 1914 journey aboard the "Endurance "has all the drama of an action movie. |