| The Worst Journey in the World Lib/E Library Edition Contributor(s): Cherry-Garrard, Apsley (Author), Vance, Simon (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786192429 ISBN-13: 9780786192427 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $115.20 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: In 1910, Robert Falcon Scott hoped to be the first Englishman to reach the South Pole. This gripping story of courage and achievement recounts Scott's last fateful expedition, as told by a surviving expedition member. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Polar Regions - History | Polar Regions - History | Expeditions & Discoveries |
| Dewey: 919.890 |
| Physical Information: 1.97" H x 6.26" W x 7.14" (1.15 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Arctic/Antarctic - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This gripping story of courage and achievement is an account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry-Garrard tells of the journey from England to South Africa and southward to the ice floes, where began the unforgettable polar journey across a forbidding and inhospitable region. On November 12, 1912, in arctic temperatures, Cherry-Garrard, in a search party, found the bodies of Scott and his companions, along with their poignant last notebook entries, some of them recorded in this work. Among Cherry-Garrard's friends and admirers were John Galsworthy, H. G. Wells, Arnold Bennett, and Bernard Shaw. His background in the arts and humanities makes The Worst Journey in the World stand out as a literary accomplishment as well as a classic in the annals of exploration. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cherry-Garrard, Apsley: - Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) was born in England and educated at Oxford. At twenty-four he was one of the youngest members of Scott's British Antarctic Expedition. He served in the First World War until being invalidated out of the navy in 1915 and during his convalescence started to write The Worst Journey in the World. He also wrote introductory chapters to Wilson of the Antarctic (1933) and Life of Bowers (1938). Vance, Simon: -Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over fifty Earphones Awards and thirteen prestigious Audie Awards. He was named Booklist's very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009. |