Author: Robert Dunn
Publisher: New York : Outing Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
In 1903, aspiring journalist Robert Dunn joined an expedition attempting the first ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America. Led by explorer Frederick Cook (who would later win infamy for faking the discovery of the North Pole), the climbers failed to conquer McKinley, but they did circumnavigate the great peak-an accomplishment not repeated until 1978. The trek also spawned a book unique in the literature of exploration: Dunn's frank, sardonic, no-holds-barred look at day-to-day existence on an Alaskan expedition. Before Dunn, most such accounts were sanitized and expurgated of anything unflattering. Dunn, however, a protege of the muckraker Lincoln Steffens, endeavored to report what he saw, with panache. And what Dunn reported was a journey rife with conflict, missed opportunity, incompetence, privation, and danger. By showing men reduced to their rawest state, the young journalist produced a compelling, insightful, and oddly amusing book that disturbed and riveted his contemporaries. As Hudson Stuck-the Episcopal archdeacon of the Yukon who completed the first ascent of Mt. McKinley in 1913-observed, "[Dunn's] book has a curious undeniable power, despite its brutal frankness. ... One is thankful, however, that it is unique in the literature of travel."
The Shameless Diary of an Explorer
Author: Robert Dunn
Publisher: New York : Outing Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
In 1903, aspiring journalist Robert Dunn joined an expedition attempting the first ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America. Led by explorer Frederick Cook (who would later win infamy for faking the discovery of the North Pole), the climbers failed to conquer McKinley, but they did circumnavigate the great peak-an accomplishment not repeated until 1978. The trek also spawned a book unique in the literature of exploration: Dunn's frank, sardonic, no-holds-barred look at day-to-day existence on an Alaskan expedition. Before Dunn, most such accounts were sanitized and expurgated of anything unflattering. Dunn, however, a protege of the muckraker Lincoln Steffens, endeavored to report what he saw, with panache. And what Dunn reported was a journey rife with conflict, missed opportunity, incompetence, privation, and danger. By showing men reduced to their rawest state, the young journalist produced a compelling, insightful, and oddly amusing book that disturbed and riveted his contemporaries. As Hudson Stuck-the Episcopal archdeacon of the Yukon who completed the first ascent of Mt. McKinley in 1913-observed, "[Dunn's] book has a curious undeniable power, despite its brutal frankness. ... One is thankful, however, that it is unique in the literature of travel."
Publisher: New York : Outing Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
In 1903, aspiring journalist Robert Dunn joined an expedition attempting the first ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America. Led by explorer Frederick Cook (who would later win infamy for faking the discovery of the North Pole), the climbers failed to conquer McKinley, but they did circumnavigate the great peak-an accomplishment not repeated until 1978. The trek also spawned a book unique in the literature of exploration: Dunn's frank, sardonic, no-holds-barred look at day-to-day existence on an Alaskan expedition. Before Dunn, most such accounts were sanitized and expurgated of anything unflattering. Dunn, however, a protege of the muckraker Lincoln Steffens, endeavored to report what he saw, with panache. And what Dunn reported was a journey rife with conflict, missed opportunity, incompetence, privation, and danger. By showing men reduced to their rawest state, the young journalist produced a compelling, insightful, and oddly amusing book that disturbed and riveted his contemporaries. As Hudson Stuck-the Episcopal archdeacon of the Yukon who completed the first ascent of Mt. McKinley in 1913-observed, "[Dunn's] book has a curious undeniable power, despite its brutal frankness. ... One is thankful, however, that it is unique in the literature of travel."
Fray Juan Crespi
Author: Juan Crespí
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Diary of a Team Explorers Kid
Author: Team Explorers Creekside Middle School
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1608446336
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1608446336
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Down the Colorado
Author: Deborah Kogan Ray
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374318383
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Chronicles the experiences of John Wesley Powell, who led the first scientific expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374318383
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Chronicles the experiences of John Wesley Powell, who led the first scientific expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon.
American Diaries
Author: William Matthews
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Appalachia
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Appalachian Mountains
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Appalachian Mountains
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Diary of a Bipolar Explorer
Author: Lucy Newlyn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909930636
Category : Manic-depressive persons
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909930636
Category : Manic-depressive persons
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Pilgrims on the Ice
Author:
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803216396
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Robert Falcon Scott?s 1901?4 expedition to the Antarctic was a landmark event in the history of Antarctic exploration, creating a sensation comparable to the Arctic efforts of the American Robert E. Peary. Scott?s initial expedition was also the first step toward the dramatic race to the South Pole in 1912, which resulted in the tragic deaths of Scott and his companions. Since then Scott?s reputation has vacillated between two extremes: Was he a martyred hero, the beau ideal of a brave and selfless explorer, or a bumbling fool whose mistakes killed him and his entire party?øPilgrims on the Ice goes beyond the personality of Scott to remove the first expedition from the shadow of the second, to study objectively its purpose, its composition, and its real accomplishments. This Bison Books edition includes a new preface by the author.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803216396
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Robert Falcon Scott?s 1901?4 expedition to the Antarctic was a landmark event in the history of Antarctic exploration, creating a sensation comparable to the Arctic efforts of the American Robert E. Peary. Scott?s initial expedition was also the first step toward the dramatic race to the South Pole in 1912, which resulted in the tragic deaths of Scott and his companions. Since then Scott?s reputation has vacillated between two extremes: Was he a martyred hero, the beau ideal of a brave and selfless explorer, or a bumbling fool whose mistakes killed him and his entire party?øPilgrims on the Ice goes beyond the personality of Scott to remove the first expedition from the shadow of the second, to study objectively its purpose, its composition, and its real accomplishments. This Bison Books edition includes a new preface by the author.
Bibliotheca Americana Et Philippina
Author: Maggs Bros
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Exploring Space
Author: Giles Sparrow
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1502610124
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Exploring Space examines topics on the space exploration, from the first satellites to modern Martian rovers. Detailed illustrations and clear charts help explain these complicated topics.
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1502610124
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Exploring Space examines topics on the space exploration, from the first satellites to modern Martian rovers. Detailed illustrations and clear charts help explain these complicated topics.