Apsley Cherry-Garrard was one of the youngest members of Robert Falcon Scott’s legendary expedition to Antarctica, the last man sent out to m...
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Aug 23, 2011
R.
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My interest flagged after the telling of the ill-fated polar expedition of 1910-13; there's a lot of detail here about that. Cherry lived a fascinating life, well a few years of it was anyway to be sure, but first-rate adventure comes up against third-rate personality. In many ways this is an attempt to write the biography of a man whose big moment had been lived before he reached the age of thirty, and who shows little intellectual growth past his pampered public school days. "The world s
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Oct 28, 2011
Michael
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While Cherry-Garrard's exploits in the Antarctic are the centrepoint of this meticulous biography, I was equally fascinated by the bookends - the life of young and old Cherry. An Edwardian, old-fashioned, landed, conservative, he lived through two world wars and 'The Worst Journey in the World'. In many ways, his was an extraordinary life, and Sara Wheeler's book is compassionate and thorough. Absorbing reading.
Sep 11, 2010
Virginia
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I wanted to read this ever since I read Wheeler's other Antarctic book, Terra Incognita. Wheeler is a fantastic writer. Cherry really came to life again, and what could have been a dry biography was witty and engaging from beginning to end.
2010 note: This is still one of my favorite books.
2010 note: This is still one of my favorite books.
Feb 10, 2008
Spoon
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It's a little dry in spots, but the story is so compelling that the dryness didn't bother me too much overall. this book made me feel real lonely in the best possible way.
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