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Laddar... Cook & Peary: The Polar Controversy, Resolvedav Robert M. Bryce
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. I'm finally finished with Robert Bryce's massive "Cook and Peary: The Polar Controversy Resolved." The book is ginormous enough that there are lots of interesting tidbits about the two polar explorers... but also there is too much extraneous detail about Cook in particular. (I really started rolling my eyes at the 20th description of a sumptuous dinner he attended.) After a while the book really starts to get repetitive... Peary accuses Cook of lying.... Cook's friends defend him... questions are raised about Peary.... rinse, repeat. This book is really more of a biography of Cook's whole life, rather than an exploration of Cook's and Peary's claims to be the first to the North Pole. I really started skimming once I got to the 100's of pages about Cook's oil scam, which eventually landed him in jail. Overall, I found the book to be disappointing... it was a hard, long slog without much payoff. (Does anyone really believe Cook and Peary reached the pole at this point? It's been fairly well established Cook, in particular, lied about this and his ascent up Mt. McKinley at this point.) I really didn't learn much new about either explorer that was super interesting to me. Possibly an abridged version of this book would have been better. That said, if you're writing a research paper about Cook or Peary, this book probably has everything you need. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Draws on diaries, private letters, newspaper reports, and other primary sources to examine the careers of two rival explorers and the controversy over which one had been the first to reach the North Pole. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)919.804History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica and on extraterrestrial worlds Polar regionsKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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At over a thousand pages some may find the level of detail excruciating but I find the subject of heroic exploration fascinating. One can skip the chapters that do not interest without missing anything vital.