01880nam a2200349 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003100112020002800143040002100171035002100192043001200213050002400225082002100249100003100270245008500301260005400386300003100440504006400471505024100535520033600776533015201112600003801264650004101302655002901343710001701372856012601389999001501515ebr10277768CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||070829s2008    mouab   sb   s001 0beng    z  2007035754  z9780826217820 (alk. paper)  z0826217826 (alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)646798620  an-us---14aG585.B8bR68 2008eb04a919.8/904aB2221 aRose, Lisle Abbott,d1936-10aExplorerh[electronic resource] :bthe life of Richard E. Byrd /cLisle A. Rose.  aColumbia :bUniversity of Missouri Press,cc2008.  axix, 544 p. :bill., maps.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 515-519) and index.0 a"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".  a"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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.10aByrd, Richard Evelyn,d1888-1957. 0aExplorerszUnited StatesvBiography. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10277768zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c4942d4942