Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375754548)

Apsley Cherry-Garrard was one of the youngest members of Robert Falcon Scott's legendary expedition to Antarctica, the last man sent out to meet Captain Scott and his men in February 1912, when they were expected to return victorious any day from the South Pole. He embarked on his own epic journey into the Antarctic winter to collect eggs of the Emperor penguin. It was dark all the time, his teeth shattered, and the tent blew away in the cold. "But we kept our tempers," he wrote, "even with God."

After serving in the First World War, with zealous encouragement from his neighbor George Bernard Shaw, Cherry wrote the undisputed masterpiece of polar literature, The Worst Journey in the World. But as the years progressed, he faced a terrible struggle against depression and despair. Sara Wheeler's Cherry is the first biography of this great hero of Antarctic exploration, written with unrestricted access to his papers and with the full cooperation of his family.

Author: Sara Wheeler
ISBN-10: 0375754547
ISBN-13: 9780375754548
Publisher: Modern Library
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2003
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.15w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.1
Point Value: 26
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 69585 / Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 04/27/2003 pg. 28