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- catalog abstract "Not just the final word on what Cook and Peary did and did not do, but is also a full, fair examination of their lives. A finely drawn picture of the last days of the great expeditions, when explorers willingly risked their lives in pursuit of intangible and impossible goals.".
- catalog alternative "Cook and Peary".
- catalog contributor b10237257.
- catalog coverage "North Pole.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Editor's note -- Prologue -- Preface -- pt. 1 -- ch. 1. The sunrise of ambition -- ch. 2. I must have fame -- ch. 3. The inspiration of all the world -- ch. 4. A permanent drawing power for life -- ch. 5. The conditions of happiness -- ch. 6. Will you kindly come to our rescue? -- ch. 7. This vanishing of the Pole Star -- ch. 8. An unimaginable dream -- ch. 9. A year, a month and a day -- ch. 10. You have chosen the happier lot -- ch. 11. Between the forbidden tundra and the smiling snow -- ch. 12. And therefore to the top of the world -- ch. 13. The wind-loved place -- ch. 14. I have been to the pole! -- ch. 15. I show you my hands -- ch. 16. We believe in you -- ch. 17. Into the hall of bribery -- ch. 18. Tell it to the Danes! -- ch. 19. I suppose I am -- ch. 20. Veritas -- ch. 21. A perversion of history -- ch. 22. The meanest men in the world -- ch. 23. At the head of the fraudists -- ch. 24. The new era -- ch. 25. Was I one of your heroes? -- ch 26. The pointed finger from his grave.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 987-1122) and index.".
- catalog description "Not just the final word on what Cook and Peary did and did not do, but is also a full, fair examination of their lives. A finely drawn picture of the last days of the great expeditions, when explorers willingly risked their lives in pursuit of intangible and impossible goals.".
- catalog description "pt. 2 -- ch. 27. A matter of veracity -- ch. 28. To the top of the continent? -- ch. 29. Return to the pole -- ch. 30. To dream and not to count the cost -- Epilogue -- Postscript : An impertinence -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography of the published writings of Frederick Albert Cook -- Bibliographic sources and notes -- Index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 1133 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Cook & Peary.".
- catalog identifier "0811703177".
- catalog isFormatOf "Cook & Peary.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books,".
- catalog relation "Cook & Peary.".
- catalog spatial "North Pole.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "919.804/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940.".
- catalog subject "Explorers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "G635.C66 H86 1997".
- catalog subject "Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Editor's note -- Prologue -- Preface -- pt. 1 -- ch. 1. The sunrise of ambition -- ch. 2. I must have fame -- ch. 3. The inspiration of all the world -- ch. 4. A permanent drawing power for life -- ch. 5. The conditions of happiness -- ch. 6. Will you kindly come to our rescue? -- ch. 7. This vanishing of the Pole Star -- ch. 8. An unimaginable dream -- ch. 9. A year, a month and a day -- ch. 10. You have chosen the happier lot -- ch. 11. Between the forbidden tundra and the smiling snow -- ch. 12. And therefore to the top of the world -- ch. 13. The wind-loved place -- ch. 14. I have been to the pole! -- ch. 15. I show you my hands -- ch. 16. We believe in you -- ch. 17. Into the hall of bribery -- ch. 18. Tell it to the Danes! -- ch. 19. I suppose I am -- ch. 20. Veritas -- ch. 21. A perversion of history -- ch. 22. The meanest men in the world -- ch. 23. At the head of the fraudists -- ch. 24. The new era -- ch. 25. Was I one of your heroes? -- ch 26. The pointed finger from his grave.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 2 -- ch. 27. A matter of veracity -- ch. 28. To the top of the continent? -- ch. 29. Return to the pole -- ch. 30. To dream and not to count the cost -- Epilogue -- Postscript : An impertinence -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography of the published writings of Frederick Albert Cook -- Bibliographic sources and notes -- Index.".
- catalog title "Cook & Peary : the polar controversy, resolved / Robert M. Bryce.".
- catalog title "Cook and Peary".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".