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Shackleton - A Life in Poetry (Paperback)
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Shackleton - A Life in Poetry (Paperback)
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Loot Price R437
Discovery Miles 4 370
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Sir Ernest Shackleton, known as a tough polar explorer and
inspirational leader, also held the words of poets close to his
heart. 'Poetry was his other world and he explored it as eagerly as
he did the great Antarctic spaces,' said his friend, Mrs. Hope
Guthrie. This new biography reveals another side of Shackleton's
story through the poetry he loved. It also includes--for the first
time in published form-- all the poems and poetic diary extracts
written by the great explorer, each of which sheds light on
significant milestones in his life and adventures. Shackleton, who
did more than any other explorer to open Antarctica to the popular
imagination, used poetry as a tool, to encourage and motivate men
who were frequently operating close to their physical and
psychological limits. The works of Tennyson, Browning and Robert W.
Service were, in his own phrase, 'vital mental medicine' throughout
his life. Poems influenced his speeches, his letters to his wife
and the way he led his men. These verses, selected from his
correspondence and other sources, are linked throughout the book to
Shackleton's turbulent and restless life, offering fresh insights
into his struggles in the Antarctic, his strained but loving
marriage and the magnetic attraction of the polar regions.
Shackleton: A life in Poetry is a love story, a new interpretation
of a well-known Boy's Own adventure and a poetic exploration.
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