TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herbert,Wally
TI  - The noose of laurels: Robert E. Peary and the race to the North Pole 
SN  - 0689120346 :
AV  - G 635.P4 H4 1989
PY  - 1989///
CY  - New York
PB  - Atheneum
KW  - Peary, Robert E.
KW  - Cook, Frederick Albert,
KW  - Peary, Robert E.,
KW  - Cook, Frederick A.,
KW  - Explorers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Explorateurs
KW  - �Etats-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Expedition
KW  - swd
KW  - Geschichte (1909)
KW  - North Pole
KW  - P�ole Nord
KW  - Nordpol
N1  - 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
ER  -