Diaries of Frank Hurley 1912-1941

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Robert Dixon and Christopher Lee Klappentext This is the first illustrated edition of the diaries kept by Australian-born photographer and film maker Frank Hurley about his work on the Mawson and Shackleton Antarctic Expeditions, his two expeditions to Papua in the 1920s, and his experiences during the First and Second World Wars. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations; Introduction; Acknowledgements and Notes on the Text; 1. Sledging Diary, the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (November 1912–January 1913); 2. The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Diary (November 1914–April 1917); 3. The Great War Diary (August 1917–August 1918); 4. Tour Diary – ‘In the Grip of the Polar Pack-Ice’ (December 1919–January 1920); 5. The Torres Strait and Papua Expedition Diaries (December 1920–August 1921); 6. The Papua Expedition Diary (August 1922–January 1923); 7. The World War II and Middle East Diaries (September 1940–October 1941); Index

Product details

• Authors: Robert Lee Dixon, Frank Hurley
• Assisted by: Robert Dixon (Editor), Christopher Lee (Editor)
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2011
• EAN: 9780857287748
• ISBN: 978-0-85728-774-8
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Anthem Studies in Travel; Anthem Film and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Individual photographers, Diaries, letters and journals