{"product_id":"endurance-shackletons-incredible-voyage-anniversary-by-alfred-lansing","title":"Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Anniversary) by Alfred Lansing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExperience \"one of the best adventure books ever written\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) in this\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEndurance\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice and only a day's sail short of its destination, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEndurance\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebecame locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. When their ship was finally crushed between two ice floes, they attempted a near-impossible journey over 850 miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEndurance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip, Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the harrowing and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"One of the most gripping, suspenseful, intense stories anyone will ever read.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Riveting.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Without a doubt this painstakingly written authentic adventure story will rank as one of the classic tales of the heroic age of exploration.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Grit in the face of seemingly insurmountable adversity.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[An] incomparable telling of Shackleton's travails.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Roach, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred Lansing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1921-1975) was a native of Chicago. After serving more than five years in the Navy, he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he studied journalism. Until 1949 he edited a weekly newspaper in Illinois, later joined the United Press, and eventually became a freelance writer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBasic Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eApril 28, 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.2\" H x 8.1\" L x 5.4\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e416 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44974975058106,"sku":"9780465062881","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/91hND_Mxz4L._SL1500.jpg?v=1752156555","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/endurance-shackletons-incredible-voyage-anniversary-by-alfred-lansing","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}