The Ice Master - Print On Demand

Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Niven has been a screenwriter, journalist and an Associate Producer at ABC Television in Los Angeles. Her short film, Velva Jean Learns to Drive , won a prestigious Emmy Award and the Colin Higgins Award for Screenwriting. She is the author of The Ice Master and Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic. Klappentext An epic story of a disastrous expedition, treacherous crew members and extraordinary braveryAn epic story of a disastrous expedition, treacherous crew members and extraordinary bravery Zusammenfassung Drawing on previously unpublished letters of journals of crew members, their descendants and, astonishingly, interviews with survivors, Jennifer Niven's book is a riveting account of one of the most ambitious - and disastrous - Arctic expeditions ever mounted. It is a story about unlikely heroes and unexpected villains - humans reduced to their primal needs by the infinite power and mystery of nature... 'For more than 30 years I have been reading polar survival stories, but none so gripping and meticulously based on the written accounts of the survivors as The Ice Master ' Ranulph Fiennes, Daily Mail 'A powerful narrative' Independent 'Riveting and meticulously researched' Sunday Telegraph 'Niven's remarkable epic is something special...an astonishing read.' Publishing News 'With so much repetitive polar stuff on the market, it is a relief to come across something fresh' Literary Review

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jennifer Niven, Niven Jennifer
• Editore: Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.07.2012
• EAN: 9780230768352
• ISBN: 978-0-230-76835-2
• Pagine: 456
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 234 mm x 26 mm
• Serie: Print on Demand
• Categorie: Guide e manuali; Narrativa > Libri regalo, album, calendari perpetui, libri di cartoline; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, TRAVEL / Pictorials, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, TRAVEL / Polar Regions, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Geographical discovery and exploration, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works