Shackleton´s Stowaway

McKernan, Victoria

A fictionalized account of the adventures of eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow, who stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after their ship Endurance was crushed by ice, endured many hardships, including the loss of the toes of his left foot to frostbite, during the nearly two-year return journey across sea and ice.A fictionalized account of the adventures of eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow, who stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after their ship Endurance was crushed by ice, endured many hardships.

Editora: Alfred a Knopf Inc
ISBN: 0375926917
Número de páginas: 314
Acabamento: 
LIBRARY
Local de Publicação: United States