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Bown, Stephen R.

Title The last Viking : the life of Roald Amundsen / Stephen R. Bown.

Publication Info.	Boston, Mass. : Da Capo Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	B AMUNDSEN, ROALD	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	B AMUNDSEN, R.	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction	B AMUNDSEN	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies	B AMUNDSEN ROALD B	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	B-AMUNDSEN, R.	Check Shelf

Edition	First U.S. edition.
Description	xxii, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note	"A Merloyd Lawrence book" -- T.p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-341) and index.
Contents	1. West -- The boy from the Mountain Kingdom -- Polar apprentice -- An extraordinary plan -- Where Franklin died -- An education at Gjøahavn -- 2. South -- "I resolved upon a coup" -- The Napoleon of the Poles -- Dogs and skis -- A featureless expanse of snow -- 3. East -- A hero returns -- A new battlefield -- The frozen reaches of Tartary -- 4. North -- Grounded dreams -- The Arctic Phoenix -- The dirigible and the fascist -- A massed attack on the polar regions -- 5. Lost -- No more Poles to conquer -- Epilogue: the end of the Heroic Age.
Subject	Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928.
	Explorers -- Norway -- Biography.
	Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- Norweigian.
	Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Norweigian.
	North Pole -- Discovery and exploration -- Norweigian.
	Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Norweigian.
ISBN	9780306820670 hardcover alkaline paper
	0306820676 hardcover alkaline paper

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