Exploring With Byrd - Couverture souple

Byrd, Richard E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1406704539 ISBN 13 : 9781406704532

Editeur : Read Books, 2007

Synopsis

This book contains Richard E. Byrd's 1937 autobiography, "Exploring with Byrd". This detailed account chronicles his life from his early days as a Navy pilot to his ambitions attempts to fly to the north and south poles. A fascinating look into life and mind of a man who knew no limits, this volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in exciting historical accounts. It would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Contents include: "Education of a Pilot", "Flight to the North Pole", "Antarctic Assault", "Little America is Born", "Escape from the Rockefeller Mountains", "Spring Preparations", "Flight to the South Pole", "Eastward Beyond the Horizon", "Return to Antarctica", "The Devil's Graveyard", "Little America Regained", etcetera. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. (1888 - 1957) was an American naval officer famous for his historic explorative endeavours. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1406704539
• ISBN 13: 9781406704532
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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