The Worst Journey in the World
by Cherry-Garrard, Apsley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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Synopsis
APSLEY CHERRY-GARRARD (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic which he joined to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. After the expedition, Cherry-Garrard served in the First World War and was invalided home. With the zealous encouragement of his neighbour, George Bernard Shaw, Cherry-Garrard wrote The Worst Journey in the World (1922) in an attempt to overcome the horror of the journey. As the years unravelled he faced a terrible struggle against depression, breakdown and despair, haunted by the possibility that he could have saved Scott and his companions.
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25787
- Title
- The Worst Journey in the World
- Author
- Cherry-Garrard, Apsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1937)
- Keywords
- Antarctic Polar
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