Race to the Top of the World: Richard Byrd and the First Flight to the North Pole |
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| Author:
| Bart, Sheldon |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62157-082-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Regnery Publishing
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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In the age of adventure, when dirigibles coasted through the air and vast swaths of the Earth remained untouched and unseen by man, one pack of relentless explorers competed in the race of a lifetime: to be the first aviator to fly over the North Pole. What inspired their dangerous fascination? For some, it was the romantic theory about a "lost wor
In the age of adventure, when dirigibles coasted through the air and vast swaths of the Earth remained untouched and unseen by man, one pack of relentless explorers competed in the race of a lifetime: to be the first aviator to fly over the North Pole. What inspired their dangerous fascination? For some, it was the romantic theory about a "lost wor