Shackleton's stowaway /

A fictionalized account of the adventures of eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow, who stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after their ship Endurance was crushed by ice, endured many hardships, including the loss of the toes of his left foot to frostbite, during the nearly tw...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McKernan, Victoria
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Knopf : 2005.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Blackborow, W. Perce, > 1894-1949 > Juvenile fiction. Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > Juvenile fiction. Blackborow, W. Perce, > 1894-1949 > Fiction. Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > Fiction. Shackleton, Ernest Henry, > Sir, > 1874-1922 > Fiction. Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition > (1914-1917) > Fiction. Endurance (Ship) > Fiction. Survival > Fiction. Stowaways > Fiction. Adventure and adventurers > Fiction.

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Summary:	A fictionalized account of the adventures of eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow, who stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after their ship Endurance was crushed by ice, endured many hardships, including the loss of the toes of his left foot to frostbite, during the nearly two-year return journey across sea and ice.
Physical Description:	317 pages ; 22 cm.
Awards:	Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	0375826912