02-21-2013, 01:01 AM | #46 |
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I third Endurance and In an Antique Land, and second River of Doubt.
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02-21-2013, 06:06 AM | #47 |
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If it does, I hope it is! Thanks for that very enlightening post!
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02-21-2013, 06:12 AM | #48 |
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02-21-2013, 06:56 AM | #49 |
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I'll nominate South by Ernest Shackleton. Here's the review by Susan Paxton on Amazon.
"Although there have been a number of new books and reprints recently focusing on the Endurance expedition, this is the one book everyone should read, Sir Ernest Shackleton's own story of the tragedy he turned into a triumph. Shackleton fully covers the expedition from its inception, through the loss of the Endurance, the stranding of the men on desolate Elephant Island, the majestic small-boat journey in search of rescue to South Georgia, the many attempts to evacuate the men from Elephant Island, and the little-known story of the Ross Sea Party of the expedition, who established a base on the opposite side of the Antarctic continent to lay depots for the planned Antarctic crossing and in spite of horrible deprivation caused when their ship was swept out to sea in a storm, managed to complete all their work laying the groundwork for a trip that never happened. After rescuing his men on Elephant Island, Shackleton had to rescue this party as well, something pretty much ignored in most modern books about the expedition. Very much worth reading. . . . " It's in the public domaine and available right here in the Mobile Read Library. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55749 Last edited by fantasyfan; 02-21-2013 at 07:04 AM. |
02-21-2013, 06:57 AM | #50 |
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Any good tourist guide out there to Amsterdam's coffee shops? (Such a book might also be a good nomination for Fantasy month if we have one. )
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02-21-2013, 07:15 AM | #51 |
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Thanks for the vote back. I'll use it to second South.
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02-21-2013, 07:29 AM | #52 | |
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02-21-2013, 07:45 AM | #53 |
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I see I need to do a little better advertising. Who doesn't want to read about this place...
all images by me I'm just saying. In Patagonia, ya know. Last edited by HomeInMyShoes; 02-21-2013 at 08:18 AM. |
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02-21-2013, 09:16 AM | #56 |
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02-21-2013, 01:26 PM | #57 |
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I would like to read about it, so I second In Patagonia.
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02-21-2013, 01:36 PM | #58 |
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I've read other Chatwin works but not this one, so I'll third In Patagonia and wrap up the nominations.
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02-21-2013, 01:41 PM | #59 |
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And that makes 10!
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02-21-2013, 01:41 PM | #60 |
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That's 10, folks.
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