Mrs Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journey of Shackleton's Polar-bound Cat 1914-1915 - Couverture souple

Alexander, Caroline

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0747538190 ISBN 13 : 9780747538196

Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1998

Synopsis

__________________ 'Splendid' - Mail on Sunday With an introduction by Lord Mouser-Hunt, this is the journal of Mrs Chippy, the cat who accompanied the carpenter Harry "Chippy" McNeish on Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the Antarctic. This enchanting presentation of the ship's atmosphere while trapped in the ice offers an entirely unique perspective on one of the great heroic expeditions of the 20th century.

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: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747538190
• ISBN 13: 9780747538196
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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