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Mawson - A Life
by Philip Ayres
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0522848117
- ISBN 13
- 9780522848113
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About This Item
The Miegunyah Press, Carlton South, VIC, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. A biography covering the full range of Sir Douglas Mawson's life and work, his character and attainments, his virtues and faults, his place in the past and his significance for the present. Sir Douglas Mawson was Australia's pre-eminent Antarctic explorer, a tall, quiet scientist who survived several gruelling polar expeditions, and went on to play a notable role in the academic and research establishment. He is most famed for an ill-fated expedition in 1913, in which he trekked hundreds of kilometres alone, without supplies, after his two companions perished. But he was also the main architect of Australia's official Antarctic presence in the first half of the twentieth century, instrumental in the Australian Government's decision to claim part of Antarctica, and in the founding of Australia's major organization for Antarctic exploration and research. Philip Ayres' life of Mawson is the definitive biography of the polar explorer, who died in 1958. In this richly researched and well-illustrated work, he paints a picture of a man who was a brave and resourceful hero, but also a deeply flawed personality. Dust jacket has a small closed tear to bottom of front cover. 320 pages. Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography; Australia; Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0522848117. ISBN/EAN: 9780522848113. Inventory No: 269586.. 9780522848113
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- Bookseller
- leura books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 269586
- Title
- Mawson - A Life
- Author
- Philip Ayres
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0522848117
- ISBN 13
- 9780522848113
- Publisher
- The Miegunyah Press
- Place of Publication
- Carlton South, VIC
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- BZDB43 Biography; Australia; Biography & Autobiography; Unbranded ISBN: 0522848117 EAN: 9780522848113 Philip Ayres Mawson - A Life
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- Biography;
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