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The stowaway : a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica / Laurie Gwen Shapiro.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781476753867 : HRD
  • ISBN: 1476753865 : HRD
  • Physical Description: 239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York ; Simon & Schuster, 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- The Golden Door -- Good Men Should Apply -- The City of New York -- The Triumph of the Century -- South Pole or Bust -- First Ice -- The Stowaway Report -- Fine Enough -- Great Depression -- Epilogue.
Subject: Antarctica > Description and travel.
Gawronski, Billy, 1910-1981 > Travel > Antarctica.
Stowaways > Antarctica > Biography.
Ocean travel > History > 20th century.
Adventure and adventurers > Antarctica > Biography.
Teenage boys > New York (State) > New York > Biography.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at GRPL.

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0 current holds with 2 total copies.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Madison Square 919.8904 Sh22s (Text) 31307023187976 Non Fiction Available -
Main 919.8904 Sh22s (Text) 31307023187984 Non Fiction Available -

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Syndetic Solutions - Table of Contents for ISBN Number 9781476753867
The Stowaway : A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
The Stowaway : A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
by Shapiro, Laurie Gwen
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Table of Contents

The Stowaway : A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Prologuep. 1
1The Golden Doorp. 9
2Good Men Should Applyp. 29
3The City of New Yorkp. 59
4The Triumph of the Centuryp. 75
5South Pole or Bustp. 91
6First Icep. 114
7The Stowaway Reportp. 138
8Fine Enoughp. 149
9Great Depressionp. 174
Epiloguep. 192
Author's Notep. 199
Acknowledgmentsp. 203
Notesp. 207
Selected Bibliographyp. 217
Photo Creditsp. 225
Indexp. 227

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