Endurance
by Alfred Lansing
Taste attributes: documentaryadventurehistoricaldisasterheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeA grounded, wide-ranging non-fiction book: serious and emotional. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.6 / 5
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About This Book
Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England, in August 1914. The ship became locked inside an island of ice, and was later crushed. This tale of survival by Shackleton and all 27 of his men for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctice seas defined heroism.
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- Author
- Alfred Lansing
- Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 282
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