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Battle of ink and ice a sensational story of news barons, North Pole explorers, and the making of modern media

"A sixty-year saga of frostbite and fake news that follows the no-holds-barred battle between two legendary explorers to reach the North Pole, and the newspapers which stopped at nothing to get--and sell--the story. In the fall of 1909, a pair of bitter contests captured the world's attent...

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Main Author: Hartman, Darrell (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: [New York, NY] : Viking, [2023]
Subjects:
Peary, Robert E. > (Robert Edwin), > 1856-1920.
Cook, Frederick Albert, > 1865-1940.
New York herald > History > 20th century.
New York times > History > 20th century.
Explorers > Arctic regions > History > 20th century.
Newspapers > History > 20th century.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > 20th century.
North Pole > Discovery and exploration > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: the great goal
  • Adventures in journalism
  • Bones in the white north
  • Fit to print
  • Antiheroes
  • Yearning to believe
  • Epilogue: newspaper of record.

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