Beyond the Barrier: The Story of Byrd's First Expedition to Antarctica

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Using Adm. Richard E. Byrd's private papers this study provides a scrupulously honest and objective account of Byrd's 1929 expedition to Antarctica, one not subject to the admiral's vigilant censorship or the control of his heirs and friends.

Without discrediting the expedition's success or Admiral Richard Byrd's leadership, this book makes clear for the first time that the admiral was not the saintly hero he and the press depicted. A provocative reassessment of an ...

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Using Adm. Richard E. Byrd's private papers this study provides a scrupulously honest and objective account of Byrd's 1929 expedition to Antarctica, one not subject to the admiral's vigilant censorship or the control of his heirs and friends.

Without discrediting the expedition's success or Admiral Richard Byrd's leadership, this book makes clear for the first time that the admiral was not the saintly hero he and the press depicted. A provocative reassessment of an American hero, but a scrupulously objective book that makes a major contribution to history. Photographs.

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The ``plaster saint'' image of American polar explorer Richard E. Byrd, one of the great icons of the hero-worshipping 1920s, has been chipped away at in such books as Finn Ronne's Antarctica, My Destiny ( LJ 12/15/79) and David Roberts's Great Exploration Hoaxes (LJ 11/1/82). Now it has been shattered by free-lance author and Antarctica veteran Rodgers. Byrd was a man who ``measured against other leaders . . . comes out well,'' but who failed to live up to the image of perfection that he himself created. Byrd's demytholization shouldn't distract readers from the well-researched account of his 1928-31 Antarctic expedition, a notable achievement recounted in serviceable if uninspired prose. For readers of detailed accounts of polar exploration.-- J.F. Husband, Framingham State Coll. Lib., Mass.
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For those who thrill to the courage and foolhardiness of exploits on the ice caps, there is a new adventure waiting. Rodgers had access to recently opened private papers and utilizes these sources to bring immediacy and insight to his subject. Admiral Byrd is revealed as a much more complex character than the saint who wooed the nation for support for his explorations. Not all the Byrd inconsistencies are resolved, but the story is nevertheless fascinating. Collections that admit only one arctic adventure should have Roland Huntford's Scott and Amundsen (Atheneum, 1984; o.p.), but this is a good addition. --Cathy Chauvette, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
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  • ISBN-13: 9780870210228
  • Publisher: Naval Institute Press
  • Publication date: 5/15/1990
  • Series: Bluejacket Bks.
  • Pages: 320
  • Product dimensions: 6.27 (w) x 9.20 (h) x 1.36 (d)

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