TY - BOOK AU - Rose,Lisle Abbott ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Explorer: the life of Richard E. Byrd AV - G585.B8 R68 2008eb U1 - 919.8/904B 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Columbia PB - University of Missouri Press KW - Byrd, Richard Evelyn, KW - Explorers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-519) and index; "Danger was all that thrilled him" -- Reaching for the skies -- Breakthrough -- Triumph -- Hero -- Celebrity -- The secret land -- Southward -- Zenith -- Politico -- Jeopardy -- Breakdown -- Stumbling -- Recovery -- "Ever a fighter so"; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries N2 - "Rose presents the first complete biography of this popular yet controversial explorer, including his first adventure in Greenland in 1925, his flights to the North and South Poles and across the Atlantic, his soul-shattering ordeal in Antarctica at Advance Base in 1934, and the decline of his later years"--Provided by publisher UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10277768 ER -