| Description |
317 pages : maps ; 18 cm |
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age Children |
| Summary |
A fictionalized account of the adventures of eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow, who stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after their ship Endurance was crushed by ice, endured many hardships, including the loss of the toes of his left foot to frostbite, during the nearly two-year return journey across sea and ice. |
| Contents |
Shackleton's stowaway -- Map -- Author's note -- Epilogue -- Sources -- Timeline - Members of the expedition -- Further reading. |
| Subject |
Blackborow, W. Perce, 1894-1949 -- Juvenile fiction.
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Blackborow, W. Perce, 1894-1949. |
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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile fiction.
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Antarctica. |
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Discoveries in geography. |
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Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 -- Juvenile fiction.
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Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922. |
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) |
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Endurance (Ship) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Endurance (Ship) |
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Survival -- Juvenile literature.
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Survival. |
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Stowaways -- Juvenile fiction.
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Stowaways. |
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Antarctica -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Action and adventure fiction.
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Action and adventure fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Young adult fiction.
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| ISBN |
0440419840 |
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9780440419846 |
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