As Told At the Explorers Club (eBook)

More Than Fifty Gripping Tales Of Adventure

George Plimpton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020 | Updated Edition
464 Seiten
Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-1-4930-4745-1 (ISBN)

Infos

For more than a century, The Explorers Club has been the meeting place for some of the most daring adventurers on the planet. Its a legendary oasis, where a man just back from the Gobi Desert might kick back and, over some port, have a chat with a fellow off to Bandung.This updated edition includes a new foreword by Richard Wiese, the 44th president of The Explorers Club, and an all-new photo insert that takes readers inside the exclusive club and its world-famous adventure archives.Here then, are some of the best tales ever swapped at that capital of adventure, including:Anthony Fiola on being in close quarters with a polar bearCharles Lindbergh on his famous flightFelix Reisenberg on the ArcticAnne Keenleyside, Ph. D. on cannibalismRoald Amundsen on the explorer StefanssonMervyn Cowie on hunting killer lionsJean-Marc Boivin on hang-gliding Curtis and Kathleen Saville on oceanic rowingE. W. Deming on Sitting Bulls mysterious deathIts some of the finest writing on some of the most hair-raising journeys ever made, all selected by the late George Plimpton, himself a member of The Explorers Club.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2020
• Vorwort: Richard Wiese
• Zusatzinfo: 25 Illustrations including: - 25 Halftones, Color including Color Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• ISBN-10: 1-4930-4745-0 / 1493047450
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4930-4745-1 / 9781493047451