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|  | Author: Alfred Lansing
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
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Rating:  404 reviews
Sales Rank: 2433
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 282
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 078670621X
Dewey Decimal Number: 919.8904
EAN: 9780786706211
ASIN: 078670621X
Publication Date: March 18, 1999
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Condition: ACCEPTABLE with noted wear to cover and pages. Binding intact. May contain highlighting, inscriptions or notations. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text
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 Bravery and Pose March 23, 2009
David M. Nelson (North County, San Diego)
Can't believe what they had to go through - the book can get a little too detailed in some areas, recording almost too much over every little hour, but otherwise loved it.
The best book you will ever read January 20, 2009
D. Mann (Hawaii, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can say with confidence that this is the best book I have ever read. From page one you are at the edge of your seat, reading voraciously to find out what happens next. I bought four copies of the book--one for myself, two for my two best friends, and one for my dad. Everyone was as addicted to it as I was. The fact that its a true story is just amazing.
Endurance is a must read for anyone interested in being an effective leader January 11, 2009
Antonia Lewis (Pennington, NJ)
This true story is so gripping. Shackleton was an effective leader. This is a great book for anyone who is in given the charge to lead others at any level.
Wet Sleeping Bags December 10, 2008
Ron Braithwaite (El Indio, Texas United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like almost every other reviewer here, I regard Shackleton's odyssey has one of the most incredible tales of human endurance...ever. His men...survive months of exposure to the Antarctic cold, on the floating, shifting ice pack...and nobody dies. If it weren't thoroughly documented it would be an unbelievable tale. As it is, it is a tale both remarkable and wonderful and is a testament of Shackleton's leadership and the grit of a remarkable crew.
Still for me, there was one thing that it is difficult to regard as literally possible...wet sleeping bags. If I can remember rightly the author states that most of the men's sleeping bags...bed rolls...were wet during most of the ordeal. I just don't believe this. I was stranded in Alaska in conditions far less horrific than the one's encountered by Shackleton's expedition. Nevertheless, the thing I feared the most was getting my sleeping bag soaked [it rained most of the time]. I truly believe that...although the temperatures were in the 30's and 40's...that I could not have survived 2 nights in a wet bag. All the sleeping bag's insulative properties would be lost and there would be nothing to protect me from the cold.
In the case of Shackleton's men, their sleeping equipment was reported as uniformly wet from their dousings in the frigid sea. Yes, given the extreme low temperatures, these bags would have frozen right up and it would have been possible to knock some of the ice from the surfaces of the bags but internal ice would have stayed and thawed on contact with warm human bodies. The crew would indeed have 'slept wet'...for months. It's scarcely credible unless their's something I'm unaware of...
Ron Braithwaite, author of novels--'Skull Rack' and 'Hummingbird God'--on the Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Great! October 5, 2008
Robin R. Ebel (Omaha)
I can't believe I didn't read this book earlier in life. I'm recommending it to everybody!
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