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| Original Title: | Endurance: Shackleton's incredible voyage |
| ISBN: | 078670621X (ISBN13: 9780786706211) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Ernest Shackleton |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (1960) |
Alfred Lansing
Hardcover | Pages: 282 pages Rating: 4.4 | 76452 Users | 5362 Reviews
Details Of Books Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
| Title | : | Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage |
| Author | : | Alfred Lansing |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 282 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 1959 by Carroll & Graf Publishers |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. History. Adventure. Biography. Travel |
Interpretation To Books Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age. In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. When their ship was finally crushed between two ice floes, they attempted a near-impossible journey over 850 miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization. In Endurance, the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip, Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the harrowing and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.Rating Of Books Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Ratings: 4.4 From 76452 Users | 5362 ReviewsCriticism Of Books Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
oh my god i feel like i haven't written a review in ages.goodreads.com, how you holding up without my pearls of wisdom??i was going to write a DBR of this last night, because that's what shackleton would do, but then i ended up eating candy and doodling instead, and that is why i live a life of mediocrity and insignificance and i am not like shackleton, who ran into some trouble on a boat ride and managed to triumph over impossible odds. cheerfully.that's what i love the most - his unflaggingI'm sorry. I know this is an incredible survival story, but I have to call bullshit. This is being advertised as a story of "leadership" and "heroism" when it's more like the opposite. I used to be OK with letting such stuff go as a "conversation starter" but I now think such fuzziness is too dangerous. Shackleton plans the expedition for the sake of a publicity stunt that he hopes will make him rich. He picks his crew "capriciously." He "hypocritically" adds a science component. He ignores
Behold...the gentleman whose exploits crushed the last vestiges of manhood from my fragile psyche*: * Psst....dont mention this to my wife as she thinks she took care of this years ago. Stranded for over a year in the most inhospitable climate on the face of the Earth, literally one tiny step away from complete disaster due to starvation, extreme weather or the ice flows on which they lived deciding to crack and deposit into the freezing depths below. Holy persevering manliness Batman, I was
This is quite the tale, what a crazy adventure! Endurance tells the story of Shackleton and his crew and their Arctic expedition. The men ran into more than their fair share of trouble, to put it lightly. The book is fascinating and really shows you the incredible power of human resilience and tenacity. Perfect for an armchair traveler, it read like a novel and I couldn't put it down!Find more reviews and bookish fun at http://www.princessandpen.com
It is almost as if you read a different version of Endurance by Alfred Lansing than most readers at this site, awarding it 4.4 as they have. No book
A captivating and inspiring tale of exploration, human endurance and survival.In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set sail for the South Atlantic on board a ship called the Endurance. The expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland. In October of 1915 the ship became trapped and crushed in Ice and the crew now half a continent away from their intended base became castaways in one of the most hostile regions in the world. I have had this book on my TBR list for quite awhile and
I rarely re-read books, but this was such a gripping, true-life adventure, and well told, that I have read it three times in the last fifteen years. I think it is due for another re-read! It blows my mind to think of what these men went through and how they survived being stuck in Antarctica for years. The way they engineer their own rescue is hardly to be believed. What adds to the appeal of the book is the wonderful color throughout - details of how the men made life bearable during this
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