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Rink, Paul

Admiral Richard Byrd: Alone in the Antarctic

179 pp. | Sterling | August, 2006 | Trade ISBN 1-4027-3189-2 $12.95 | Paper ISBN 1-4027-3610-X $6.95
New ed. (1961)
(4) 4-6 Sterling Point Books series. Rink's text is an action-packed account of Byrd's Antarctic explorations. This revised edition (first published as Richard E. Byrd: Conquering Antarctica) includes new material but maintains the original volume's then-acceptable invented dialogue and attribution of emotion. It makes the story accessible and exciting but compromises the factual integrity for contemporary readers. Ind.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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