The Worst Journey in the World

Download or Read eBook The Worst Journey in the World PDF written by Apsley Cherry-Garrard and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Worst Journey in the World
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 708
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ISBN-10 : 9781446444146
ISBN-13 : 1446444147
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Book Synopsis The Worst Journey in the World by : Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Book excerpt: One of the world's greatest works of travel and adventure writing, reissued on its 100th birthday. This is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the youngest members of Scott's team, recorded the experience of his adventure and in doing so created a masterpiece of travel writing. Despite the horrors that Scott and his men faced, Cherry's account is filled with details of scientific discovery, unforgettable descriptions of landscape and a belief in the spirit of human beings. A celebrated and compelling book on Antarctic exploration. INTRODUCED BY SARA WHEELER 'The Worst Journey in the World is to travel what War and Peace is to the novel... a masterpiece' New York Review of Books * Voted Number 1 in National Geographic's 100 Best Adventure Books of All Time *


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