| As Told at the Explorers Club: More Than Fifty Gripping Tales of Adventure Updated Edition Contributor(s): Plimpton, George (Author), Wiese, Richard (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1493047442 ISBN-13: 9781493047444 Publisher: Lyons Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Expeditions & Discoveries |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6" W x 9" (1.50 lbs) 480 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For more than a century, The Explorers Club has been the meeting place for some of the most daring adventurers on the planet. It's a legendary oasis, where a man just back from the Gobi Desert might kick back and, over some port, have a chat with a fellow off to Bandung.This updated edition includes a new foreword by Richard Wiese, the 44th president of The Explorers Club, and an all-new photo insert that takes readers inside the exclusive club and its world-famous adventure archives. Here then, are some of the best tales ever swapped at that capital of adventure, including: Anthony Fiola on being in close quarters with a polar bear Charles Lindbergh on his famous flight Felix Reisenberg on the Arctic Anne Keenleyside, Ph. D. on cannibalism Roald Amundsen on the explorer Stefansson Mervyn Cowie on hunting killer lions Jean-Marc Boivin on hang-gliding Curtis and Kathleen Saville on oceanic rowing E. W. Deming on Sitting Bull's mysterious death It's some of the finest writing on some of the most hair-raising journeys ever made, all selected by the late George Plimpton, himself a member of The Explorers Club. |