Explorer : the life of Richard E. Byrd
"Rose presents the first complete biography of this popular yet controversial explorer, including his first adventure in Greenland in 1925, his flights to the North and South Poles and across the Atlantic, his soul-shattering ordeal in Antarctica at Advance Base in 1934, and the decline of his later years"--Provided by publisher
Biographies
1 online resource (xix, 544 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780826266439, 0826266436
315478407
"Danger was all that thrilled him"
Reaching for the skies
Breakthrough
Triumph
Hero
Celebrity
The secret land
Southward
Zenith
Politico
Jeopardy
Breakdown
Stumbling
Recovery
"Ever a fighter so."