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Cherry. A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard
by Wheeler, Sara
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0099437538
- ISBN 13
- 9780099437536
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Vintage, 2002) 9780099437536. 197 x 130 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. x + (iv) + 354, incl. index; plates; maps. Slightest curl to bottom fore-corners of wrappers; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic. Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. The temperature fell to seventy below, it was dark all the time, his teeth shattered in the cold and the tent blew away. 'But we kept our tempers,' Cherry wrote, 'even with God.' After serving in the First World War Cherry was invalided home, and with the zealous encouragement of his neighbour Bernard Shaw he wrote a masterpiece. In The Worst Journey in the World Cherry transformed tragedy and grief into something fine. But as the years unravelled he faced a terrible struggle against depression, breakdown and despair, haunted by the possibility that he could have saved Scott and his companions. This is the first biography of Cherry. Sara Wheeler, who has travelled extensively in the Antarctic, has had unrestricted access to new material and the full co-operation of Cherry's family." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10725
- Title
- Cherry. A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- Author
- Wheeler, Sara
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0099437538
- ISBN 13
- 9780099437536
- Publisher
- (London: Vintage, 2002) 9780099437536
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- This edition first published
- October 31, 2002
- Keywords
- Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Antarctica. South Pole. Heroic Age. Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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