South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. First U.S. Edition. Color frontispiece photo, black and white plates, diagrams, fold-out map. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [xxii], 380 pages.
Shackleton's own account of the Antarctic expedition he led in the Endurance and the attempted continental crossing of Antartica in 1914. Disaster struck and the Endurance was crushed in the ice, stranding Shackleton and his men in the most inhospitable environment on Earth. Nevertheless--and against all odds--Shackelton led his men through incredible challenges and hundreds of miles to safety without the loss of a single soul.
Shackleton acknowledges that while the expedition failed to accomplish its original goal, the story of their “White Warfare of the South” is one of high adventure, strenuous days, lonely nights, and the unflinching determination and self-sacrifice of his men. Truly legendary account of survival.
Very good in original green cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper board titles.
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