ExplorerÕs Wife by DeLong, Emma: Memoirs of the Wife of the Commander of the ÒJeannette ExpeditionÓ

NF. New York by Dodd, Mead Company 1938. 1st Edition. 8vo, [xxii], 252 pp., 5 photo plates including frontispiece portrait of George W. De Long, map. PublisherÕs purplish-blue cloth, top edge blue, titles gilt to cover and spine. Some discoloration to blue cloth extremities, otherwise a very clean and complete copy. Prior ownerÕs name and address on ffe. Dust jacket shows some chipping to spine ends and corners, dust Jacket protected by acetate wrapper. Overall a near fine copy of a rare publication. ÑNot in Arctic BibliographyAt 87 years of age De LongÕs widow reopened the trunk she kept in her basement filled with letters and papers concerning the Jeannette expedition and used them to write this touching memoir. Beginning with StefanssonÕs informative introduction, the book sheds additional light on De Long and the Jeannette expedition. Much is included on the expeditionÕs aftermath, the search expeditions, the recovery of De LongÕs remains, the funeral, the grueling congressional inquiries that called into question De LongÕs leadership abilities. The last chapter concerns the commissioning of the De Long monument that was erected in 1928 in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York, where De Long and those who died with him now lie buried.