Summary Of Stephen R Bowns The Last Viking

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
ISBN 13 : 1669352846
Total Pages : 56 pages
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Download or read book Summary of Stephen R. Bown's The Last Viking written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-03-13T22:59:00Z with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Italian airship Italia crashed into the ice in 1928, and the crew members survived by huddling on the ice. They were never seen again. #2 The Norwegian government was planning a rescue expedition, but Mussolini refused all assistance from Norway. The French government approved the use of a Latham twin-engine biplane equipped with pontoons, and a crew, to be put under Amundsen’s command. #3 Amundsen was the most famous Norwegian explorer, and he was the most famous living explorer in the world in the early twentieth century. He was a skillful publicity seeker who made the rounds of the lecture circuit telling hair-raising tales of his death-defying adventures and geographical conquests. #4 Amundsen was not a cold and austere man. He was a supreme man of action, and he sold excitement and adventure to the public. He was a towering public figure during the early twentieth century.

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Publisher : Milkyway Media
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Total Pages : 56 pages
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Download or read book Summary of Stephen R. Bown's The Last Viking written by Milkyway Media and published by Milkyway Media. This book was released on 2022-04-20 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The Italian airship Italia crashed into the ice in 1928, and the crew members survived by huddling on the ice. They were never seen again. #2 The Norwegian government was planning a rescue expedition, but Mussolini refused all assistance from Norway. The French government approved the use of a Latham twinengine biplane equipped with pontoons, and a crew, to be put under Amundsen’s command. #3 Amundsen was the most famous Norwegian explorer, and he was the most famous living explorer in the world in the early twentieth century. He was a skillful publicity seeker who made the rounds of the lecture circuit telling hairraising tales of his deathdefying adventures and geographical conquests. #4 Amundsen was not a cold and austere man. He was a supreme man of action, and he sold excitement and adventure to the public. He was a towering public figure during the early twentieth century.

Author : Stephen R. Bown
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306821621
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Viking written by Stephen R. Bown and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries--the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole--remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes. Renowned for his determination and technical skills, both feared and beloved by his men, Amundsen is a legend of the heroic age of exploration, which shortly thereafter would be tamed by technology, commerce, and publicity. Féd in his lifetime as an international celebrity, pursued by women and creditors, he died in the Arctic on a rescue mission for an inept rival explorer. Stephen R. Bown has unearthed archival material to give Amundsen's life the grim immediacy of Apsley Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey in the World, the exciting detail of The Endurance, and the suspense of a Jon Krakauer tale. The Last Viking is both a thrilling literary biography and a cracking good story.

Author : Stephen R. Bown
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 0306820676
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Viking written by Stephen R. Bown and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the life of the Norwegian polar explorer, describing Amundsen's approach to expeditions and his flair for self-promotion and publicity.

Author : Stephen R. Bown
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306822830
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Eskimo written by Stephen R. Bown and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the explorers made famous for revealing hitherto impenetrable cultures-T. E. Lawrence and Wilfred Thesiger in the Middle East, Richard Burton in Africa-Knud Rasmussen stands out not only for his physical bravery but also for the beauty of his writing. Part Danish, part Inuit, Rasmussen made a courageous three-year journey by dog sled from Greenland to Alaska to reveal the common origins of all circumpolar peoples. Lovers of Arctic adventure, exotic cultures, and timeless legend will relish this gripping tale by Stephen R. Bown, known as "Canada's Simon Winchester."

Author : Sandra Hill
Publisher : Sandra Hill Books
ISBN 13 : 1950349063
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Viking Unchained written by Sandra Hill and published by Sandra Hill Books. This book was released on 2022-11-23 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When destiny demands two time-crossed lovers must meet... Thorfinn... is a fierce Viking warrior grieving for his lost son, Miklof. Lydia... is a modern woman grieving for her dead Navy SEAL husband. Thorfinn shoots through time, one thousand years, and is convinced that Lydia's son Mike is his own Miklof. Lydia thinks Thorfinn, who claims to be a time-traveling Viking, has one oar missing from his longboat. Thorfinn is tempted by the odd woman...especially when she chains him to her bed. Lydia is tempted by Thorfinn when he teaches her that there are some tricks only a Viking male has in his repertoire. Is it really time travel, or a miracle? Could it be possible that sometimes God, or the gods, meddle in the lives of mankind...?

Author : Tami Hair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781723148521
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Viking Queen written by Tami Hair and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norna was cut from her mother's womb and left for dead in the snow next to her parents bodies. She was rescued but it was by the most unlikely creatures. They raise her as their own. all grown up she learns she is a Queen and her people want her to come and fight for what's rightfully hers by birth. She never expected to find love or what love truly means.

Author : Antony Mason
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Viking Times written by Antony Mason and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the customs, day-to-day life, and exploits of the Vikings.

Author : Cheryl L. Defries
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781598451269
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leif Eriksson written by Cheryl L. Defries and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines the life of Viking explorer Leif Eriksson, including his explorations, his discovery of North America, and his legacy in American history"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Julian Sancton
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 198482435X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Madhouse at the End of the Earth written by Julian Sancton and published by Crown. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “exquisitely researched and deeply engrossing” (The New York Times) true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry—with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter “The energy of the narrative never flags. . . . Sancton has produced a thriller.”—The Wall Street Journal In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters. De Gerlache sailed on, and soon the Belgica was stuck fast in the icy hold of the Bellingshausen Sea. When the sun set on the magnificent polar landscape one last time, the ship’s occupants were condemned to months of endless night. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness and besieged by monotony, they descended into madness. In Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Julian Sancton unfolds an epic story of adventure and horror for the ages. As the Belgica’s men teetered on the brink, de Gerlache relied increasingly on two young officers whose friendship had blossomed in captivity: the expedition’s lone American, Dr. Frederick Cook—half genius, half con man—whose later infamy would overshadow his brilliance on the Belgica; and the ship’s first mate, soon-to-be legendary Roald Amundsen, even in his youth the storybook picture of a sailor. Together, they would plan a last-ditch, nearly certain-to-fail escape from the ice—one that would either etch their names in history or doom them to a terrible fate at the ocean’s bottom. Drawing on the diaries and journals of the Belgica’s crew and with exclusive access to the ship’s logbook, Sancton brings novelistic flair to a story of human extremes, one so remarkable that even today NASA studies it for research on isolation for future missions to Mars. Equal parts maritime thriller and gothic horror, Madhouse at the End of the Earth is an unforgettable journey into the deep.