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Stam, David H.; Stam, Deirdre C.

 
9781605830841: Adventures in Polar Reading: The Book Cultures of High Latitudes
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1605830844 ISBN 13 : 9781605830841
Editeur : Grolier Club of New York, 2019

Synopsis

Borrowing from his naval experience and his expertise as a historian, David Stam performed extensive archival and secondary research for this study of the printed needs of several polar expeditions, including those of Adolphus Greely in the International Polar Year 1881-83 in northernmost Canada. Stam analyzes shipboard- and expedition-based periodicals throughout the so-called Heroic Age of exploration (ca. 1880-1921), as well as the enduring books of Ernest Shackleton's legendary journey aboard the Endurance. In parallel, he examines the primarily religious literature distributed as Loan Libraries of the American Seamen's Friend Society, including a description of the three libraries assembled by Richard Evelyn Byrd for the successive bases at Little America (1929-41). Stam concludes with suggestions for further research.

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À propos des auteurs

David H. Stam is an American librarian, scholar and author specializing in book history and polar exploration.

Deirdre C. Stam is associate professor at the Palmer School of Library and Information Science of Long Island University and the author of Henson through the Ages.

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Éditeur
Grolier Club of New York
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1605830844
ISBN 13 
9781605830841
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
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Personne responsable
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