Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journey of Shackleton's Polar-bound Cat - Couverture rigide

Alexander, Caroline

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0747535272 ISBN 13 : 9780747535270

Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1997

Synopsis

Mrs Chippy sailed onboard Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance in 1914, patrolling the decks, keeping watch and mousing down below. This is her journal.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The carpenter has a very fine cat who is known as "Mrs. Chippie"...
-- from the diary of Commander F. A. Worsley, captain of Shackleton's Endurance

When Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance became trapped in the Antarctic ice, all twenty-nine members of the crew were pushed to their limits of survival, including Mrs. Chippy, the ship's estimable cat. Fortunately for posterity, Mrs. Chippy left a diary of the ordeal.

Closely based on the true events of Shackleton's heroic journey, and illustrated with authentic photographs taken by Frank Hurley, expedition photographer, Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition is a firsthand account of one of the greatest adventures in history--from a unique point of view.

Biographie de l'auteur

Caroline Alexander is the author of the international bestsellers The Endurance and The Bounty and, more recently, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of the Trojan War. She is a contributing writer for National Geographic magazine and her work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Smithsonian, and Outside, among other publications. Alexander received her doctorate in classics from Columbia University and was the founder of the Department of Classics at the University of Malawi in East Africa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747535272
• ISBN 13: 9780747535270
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 181
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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