Explorer the life of Richard E. Byrd /

"Rose presents the first complete biography of this popular yet controversial explorer, including his first adventure in Greenland in 1925, his flights to the North and South Poles and across the Atlantic, his soul-shattering ordeal in Antarctica at Advance Base in 1934, and the decline of his later...

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Main Author: Rose, Lisle Abbott, 1936-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • "Danger was all that thrilled him"
  • Reaching for the skies
  • Breakthrough
  • Triumph
  • Hero
  • Celebrity
  • The secret land
  • Southward
  • Zenith
  • Politico
  • Jeopardy
  • Breakdown
  • Stumbling
  • Recovery
  • "Ever a fighter so".