Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame
A Life of Louise Arner Boyd
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.The first comprehensive biography of Louise Arner Boyd — the intrepid American socialite who reinvented herself as the leading female polar explorer of the twentieth century.Born in the late 1880s to a gritty mining magnate who made his millions in the California gold rush and a well-bred mother descended from one of New York’s distinguished families, society beauty Louise Arner Boyd was raised during a glittering era. After inheriting a staggering family fortune, she began leading a double life. She fell under the spell of the north in the late 1920s after a sailing excursion to the Arctic Ocean. Over the next three decades, she achieved international notoriety as a rugged and audacious polar explorer while maintaining her flamboyant lifestyle as a leading society woman. Yet despite organizing, financing, and directing seven daring Arctic expeditions between 1926 and 1955, she is virtually unknown today.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2018-01-11
- Mått152 x 228 x 21 mm
- Vikt594 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor368
- FörlagDundurn Group Ltd
- ISBN9781459739703
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