Cherry: a Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Informationen zum Autor Sara Wheeler's books include the international bestseller Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica , of which the Telegraph reviewer wrote, 'I do not think there will ever be a better book on the Antarctic.' The Magnetic North : Notes from the Arctic Circle , was chosen as Book of the Year by Will Self, Michael Palin, A. N. Wilson and others. She has published two biographies of travellers: Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard , and Too Close to the Sun: The Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton , and was immensely relieved to write about women at last in O My America! . She lives in London. Klappentext Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. 'But we kept our tempers,' Cherry wrote, 'even with God.'After serving in the First War Cherry was invalided home, and with the zealous encouragement of his neighbour Bernard Shaw he wrote a masterpiece. Zusammenfassung Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. 'But we kept our tempers,' Cherry wrote, 'even with God.'After serving in the First War Cherry was invalided home, and with the zealous encouragement of his neighbour Bernard Shaw he wrote a masterpiece.

Product details

• Authors: Sara Wheeler, Wheeler Sara
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2002
• EAN: 9780099437536
• ISBN: 978-0-09-943753-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; SPORTS & RECREATION / Outdoor Skills, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Antarctica, TRAVEL / Polar Regions, Travel writing, Outdoor survival skills, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: science, technology and medicine