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True North Peary Cook and the Race to the Pole

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ISBN-10: 0393327388

ISBN-13: 9780393327380

Edition: 2006

Authors: Bruce Henderson

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Bruce Henderson has constructed this revealing narrative out of the claims and counterclaims of Robert Peary and Frederick Cook, introducing fascinating scientific and psychological evidence to put the appalling details of polar travel in a new context.
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Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.46" wide x 8.21" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Bruce Henderson is the author or coauthor of more than twenty nonfiction books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller And the Sea Will Tell (with Vincent Bugliosi) and Down to the Sea . A former newspaper and magazine writer, Henderson has taught nonfiction writing at several major universities. He lives in Menlo Park, California.

Author's Note
Prologue
Men of Destiny
Call of the Northland
North Greenland Expedition
Arctic Tenderfoots
Death on a Glacier
Ruled with an Iron Hand
The Snow Baby
"Polar Summer Resort"
Bounty Hunting
Destination Antarctica
The Ice Man
Roof of the Continent
Farthest North
To the Pole
"A Crazy Hunger"
"I Shall Win This Time"
Polar Quest
"Forward! March!"
"I Have Reached the Pole"
"Nailed to the Pole"
Seized by a "Heartsickness"
Aftermath
Source Notes
Bibliography
Index