Captain Oates

Author : Michael Smith
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1848899017
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Am Just Going Outside: Captain Oates - Antarctic Tragedy written by Michael Smith and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2002-09-10 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 17 March 1912, Lawrence 'Titus' Oates crawled bootless from a tent to his death in blizzard conditions of -40°C. Oates, always an outsider on Scott's Polar expedition, died on his 32nd birthday. His parting words were: 'I am just going outside and may be some time.' Oates was the epitome of the Victorian English gentleman: a public schoolboy who became a dashing cavalry officer and hero in the Boer War. Stationed in Ireland from 1902 to 1906, his passion became horse racing and he won numerous victories at racecourses throughout Ireland. Oates' austere and dominating mother blamed Scott for her son's death and was among the first to challenge the accepted version of events. She continued to control his memory long after his death, keeping his diary and letters hidden, even ordering their destruction from her deathbed. Oates always had difficulty forming lasting relationships with women. He died without realising that he was a father. The story of how Oates died, unaware of his daughter, has been a closely guarded secret until now. This is a compelling and heart-rending story of endurance, bravery and folly. From the author of TOM CREAN: AN UNSUNG HERO

Author : Roald Amundsen
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The South Pole written by Roald Amundsen and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-19 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South Pole is a book by Roald Amundsen and it represents an interesting first-hand account of the Norwegian expedition's successful attempt to reach the South Pole in 1911. Amundsen spends a great deal of time talking about logistics and placing of depots in preparation for his polar attempt all the way from the preparation leading up to the initial sea voyage, the voyage itself and then the establishing of a camp at the Antarctic. Although they were lucky with the weather, and Amundsen attributed the success of the expedition to "good luck", it is obvious that the Norwegian expedition was well prepared and ready for the troubles ahead; the equipment, the sledges with well-trained dogs, the supply depots with seal meat at regular intervals along the route, the sunglasses to avoid snow blindness; it was all thought of in advance.

Author : Sue Limb
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 9781848840881
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain Oates written by Sue Limb and published by Pen & Sword Military. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ed. originally published: London: Leo Cooper, 1995.

Author : Robert Falcon Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.4O/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scott's Last Expedition written by Robert Falcon Scott and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of West Australia written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: P.19-30; Physical & mental characteristics; common origin of dialects; clothing & scarification; decorations of the Ngurla tribe; general beliefs (Perth area); marriage; shelters & huts; corroborees, body painting for ceremonies; general life, hunting, etc, making of weirs; cave paintings (upper Glenelg River & York district); burial; (mainly quotes Grey); p.81-101; Native strife & progressive incidents, 1833-35 Conflicting sentiments regarding natives; King Georges Sound & Swan River natives in affray; crimes committed; story of Yagan; place names around Perth; depredations, treatment of natives.

Author : Arthur Orton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trial at Bar of Sir Roger C.D. Tichborne, Bart written by Arthur Orton and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sue Limb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain Oates, Soldier and Explorer written by Sue Limb and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of the man remembered as the hero who walked to his death on the Scott Expedition to the South Pole.

Author : William Henry Fitchett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1198 pages
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Download or read book Review of Reviews for Australasia written by William Henry Fitchett and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 338250779X
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charge of the Lord Chief Justice of England written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-05-18 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Great Britain. Court of King's Bench
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tichborne Trial written by Great Britain. Court of King's Bench and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: