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An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor [Hardcover] Smith, Michael

An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor [Hardcover] Smith, Michael

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An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor [Hardcover] Smith, Michael

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ISBN 13
9780747253570
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Book. Used - Very Good. Hardcover. Original dust jacket, price unclipped, with minor surface and edge wear. Not an ex-library edition. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Cover shows mild surface and edge wear. Page edges are largely clean..

Synopsis

One hundred years ago, in March 1909, Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition came home safely. When Scott heard the news, he immediately contacted Tom Crean with the intention of planning his own adventure. And thus the Terra Nova Expedition was born. The remarkable Tom Crean ran away to sea aged fifteen and spent more time in the unexplored Antarctic than Scott or Shackleton, and was one of the few to serve and outlive both. Michael Smith's original biography of this enigmatic figure spawned a Guinness ad, a one-man play that is still touring today and a children's version of the Ice Man which has been chosen as the 'One Book' for literacy groups in Cork and Limerick. Tom's story continues to fascinate people because of his extraordinary feats of survival, his bravery and his dedication to his comrades. At the end of his expedition days, Tom came home to Ireland, married and built a pub, the South Pole Inn, in Annascaul, County Kerry. He was an ordinary man who did incredible things, a modest man who became a hero. An unforgettable story of triumph over unparalleled hardship and deprivation.

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Title
An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor [Hardcover] Smith, Michael
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
ISBN 10
0747253579
ISBN 13
9780747253570
Publisher
Headline Book Publishing, 2001 First Uk Edition, First Printing
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
2001

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