| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 1133 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Maps of the North Pole on endpapers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 987-1122) and index. |
| Contents |
Editor's note -- Prologue -- Preface -- pt. 1 -- ch. 1. The sunrise of ambition -- ch. 2. I must have fame -- ch. 3. The inspiration of all the world -- ch. 4. A permanent drawing power for life -- ch. 5. The conditions of happiness -- ch. 6. Will you kindly come to our rescue? -- ch. 7. This vanishing of the Pole Star -- ch. 8. An unimaginable dream -- ch. 9. A year, a month and a day -- ch. 10. You have chosen the happier lot -- ch. 11. Between the forbidden tundra and the smiling snow -- ch. 12. And therefore to the top of the world -- ch. 13. The wind-loved place -- ch. 14. I have been to the pole! -- ch. 15. I show you my hands -- ch. 16. We believe in you -- ch. 17. Into the hall of bribery -- ch. 18. Tell it to the Danes! -- ch. 19. I suppose I am -- ch. 20. Veritas -- ch. 21. A perversion of history -- ch. 22. The meanest men in the world -- ch. 23. At the head of the fraudists -- ch. 24. The new era -- ch. 25. Was I one of your heroes? -- ch 26. The pointed finger from his grave -- |
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pt. 2 -- ch. 27. A matter of veracity -- ch. 28. To the top of the continent? -- ch. 29. Return to the pole -- ch. 30. To dream and not to count the cost -- Epilogue -- Postscript : An impertinence -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography of the published writings of Frederick Albert Cook -- Bibliographic sources and notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940.
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Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.
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Explorers -- United States -- Biography.
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North Pole.
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| Added Title |
Cook and Peary |
| ISBN |
0811703177 |
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9780811703178 |
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