Physical Description:print 245 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:Seattle : Mountaineers Books, 2006.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Meriwether Lewis : our melancholy hero -- Robert Falcon Scott : a struggle for existence -- Solomon Andrée : we cannot fail -- Donald Crowhurst : the reward was madness -- John Franklin : the man who shouldn't have been there -- Jean Batten : a terrible beauty -- Aleister Crowley : the wickedest man in the world -- Claudio Corti : only a madman would try such a thing -- Maurice Wilson : an elaborate suicide -- Earl Denman : the romantic heart -- Guy Waterman, Johnny Waterman, Bill Waterman : walking into darkness.