Who was Ernest Shackleton?
"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 dangero...
| Main Author: | Buckley, James, Jr., 1963- (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Hergenrother, Max (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Grosset & Dunlap,
[2013]
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Who was-- ?
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| Summary: |
"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"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
103 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780448479316 0448479311 9781480639164 1480639168 9780606341622 0606341625 |
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