The noose of laurels : Robert E. Peary and the race to the North Pole / Wally Herbert.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Atheneum, 1989.Description: 395 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0689120346 :
  • 9780689120343
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • G 635.P4 H4 1989
Contents:
Guests of honour -- The sheltered years -- The uncertain direction of fame -- The persistent devil -- Fame, one way or another -- The vision -- The deepening obsession -- The years of doubt and suffering -- The weather-beaten fanatic -- Farthest North, 1906? -- The threat of Dr. Cook -- The final arrow -- The North Pole, or n ot -- The onus of proof -- The gold brick -- The tarnished prize -- The burden of truth -- The price of fame.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection G 635 .P4 H4 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98641753

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-382) and index.

Guests of honour -- The sheltered years -- The uncertain direction of fame -- The persistent devil -- Fame, one way or another -- The vision -- The deepening obsession -- The years of doubt and suffering -- The weather-beaten fanatic -- Farthest North, 1906? -- The threat of Dr. Cook -- The final arrow -- The North Pole, or n ot -- The onus of proof -- The gold brick -- The tarnished prize -- The burden of truth -- The price of fame.

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