Cherry by Sara Wheeler
A biography of Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959), one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic. Cherry's life was a terrible struggle against depression, breakdown and despair, haunted by the possibility that he could have saved Scott and his companions.
Apsley Cherry-Garrard was one of the youngest members of Scott's fateful final expedition to the AntarcticOvercoming the considerable handicap of appalling short sight, Cherry began an arduous journey in the Antarctic winter to obtain the eggs of the Emperor Penguin. After serving in the First World War, he was invalided home, and wrote one of the most famous accounts of Scott's expedition, The Worst Journey in the World. Since the book was published in 1922, it has remained many people's entre into the world of courage and tragedy that Scott's expedition represented. Amazingly, this is the first biography, and Sara Wheeler utilises her own knowledge of the Antarctic to create a vivid and affecting picture of a remarkable man.
Sara Wheeler is the author of Terra Incognita, of which Geoffrey Moorhouse said, 'I cannot believe anything better will ever be written about Antarctica'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224050043 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224050044 |
| Title | Cherry |
| Author | Sara Wheeler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2001-11-08 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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