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Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Anglo-Irish explorer, never achieved his goal of reaching the South Pole, though he was knighted in 1909 for having come within 100 miles. With bravery matched only by his theatricality, Shackleton sought to top that accomplishment by landing on one side of Antarctica and traveling the width of the icy continent by sledge. What might have been a great exploratory journey turned into a raw struggle for survival when his ship became trapped in pack ice, and he was forced to lead his team on a desperate trek across hundreds of miles of the world's most dangerous terrain. He made it home, but even his stature as one of Edwardian England's greatest heroes could not save Shackleton from financial risk taking; he ended his life mired in debt. Roland Huntford's biography presents a balanced and lively portrait of a man who was, depending on which of his contemporaries you asked, a national hero or a contemptible rogue. --Robert McNamara
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Despite his great leadership gifts, Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), the Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer, was dogged by failure. None of his business, political, or exploratory ventures achieved their goals. Yet the narratives of his expeditions still make gripping reading. Huntford, the author of Scott and Amundsen (the basis for a PBS miniseries), has written the definitive life of Shackleton, copiously detailed and documented. Some readers may be shocked by the negative portrayal of Scott, Shackleton's rival, and the revelations of British ineptitude in polar exploration, and others may be overwhelmed by the profuse detail, but this book belongs in all exploration collections. J.F. Husband, Framingham State Coll. Lib., Mass.
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This LENGTHY biography of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton is unquestionably fully researched, highly detailed and competently written. Yet, long tracts left me bored to tears. The essence of this great man's life is more concisely presented in Alfred Lansing's "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage", a much shorter work that specifically chronicles the quest of the ship Endurance, a failed South Polar expedition that metamorphosed into a remarkable odyssey of incredible hardship and gritty survival, and a tribute to Shackleton's ability to lead men to hell and back - without the loss of even a single life. Buy the latter rather than the former, especially if you have too many books to read and too little time.
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The story of the Endurance is brilliantly put by Roland Huntford. Shackelton must be measured by the success of getting his crew through this horrific saga. This book should be read along with "Scott and Amundsen" also by Huntford - the story of the race for the South Pole. Huntford also published a biography of Nansen. "Shackelton" sits on my shelf next to Martin Gilbert's biography of Churchill. Note that this book was first available in New Zealand and Australia in the mid 1980's.
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I first read of Shackleton in National Geographic. That only whetted my appetite to hear his entire exruciating journey. Roland's biography took me two months to read, but it was worth it.
I will never forget Ernest Shackleton. From "Shackleton" I leaned about leadership, the power of hope, optimism, human relationships; the power of dreams, perseverance. You will learn more from "Shackleton" in two months than you will from a lifetime of MBA professors.
Shackleton's antarctic journeys are the most engaging tales of survival, endurance and human pressure that I have ever read. Can you image yourself crossing 1,000 miles of frigid south Atlantic seas in a 20 foot boat, with 3 men, a box of matches, a pulpy map, a Victorian compass, and insufficient water in order to save the lives of 50 men who are in an even worse predicament! He did all that and more.
If you like real life stories of survival and adventure, you will enjoy this book to no end.
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Ice and more ice
If Hollywood had made up this story no one would have believed it. It's incredible. Two years on the ice, the ship has crushed in the ice and sunk -- no radio in those days! Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 18. Mai 2000 von Richard S. Sullivan
A new standard
Huntford sets a new standard in biography. If you have 30 hours left for reading, spend it with this book.
Veröffentlicht am 12. Dezember 1998 von G. Wehrli
A leader of men
A page-turner of a biography--even at almost 800 pages! Huntford looks for the clues that made Shackleton the non-pareil leader of men in the direst circumstances, the leader... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. September 1998 von terlord@earthlink.net
"Great Shacks, this is good stuff!"
Huntford's book is the definitive Shackleton. Contemporaries compare him to Churchill; in his ability to use language with presence of personality to entertain, convince and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. September 1998 veröffentlicht
A Leader of Men for All Time
This is a page-turner of the first order. I came to Huntford after reading Alfred North Lansing's Endurance, which whetted my appetite for more Shackleton. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. September 1998 veröffentlicht
"Great Shack, this is good stuff!"
Huntford's book is the definitive Shackleton. Contemporaries compare Shackleton to Churchill; in his ability to use language with presence of personality to entertain, convince... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. September 1998 veröffentlicht
"Endurance" portrayed him as hero, now also human...
"Endurance" was my introduction to Sir Ernest Shackelton, and I was left with only one question, "Why isn't there more? Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. August 1998 veröffentlicht
Skillfull research into Shackleton's background
For those who enjoy the adventure side of polar exploration, this book will more than satisfy your desire for that part of the story. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. Juni 1998 veröffentlicht
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