To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration

by Edward J. Larson

Book Overview

Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a suspenseful (WSJ) and adrenaline-fueled (Outside) entwined narrative of the race to the top, bottom, and heights of the world: in 1909 three daring expeditions, led by Ernest Shackleton, Robert Peary, and the dashing Duke of the Abruzzi, set out for the North and South Poles and the summit of K2,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062564471
• ISBN13: 9780062564474
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"