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Strange and dangerous dreams : the fine line between adventure and madness /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Powter, Geoff, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : Mountaineers Books, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Explorers > Biography.
Mountaineers > Biography.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Meriwether Lewis : our melancholy hero
  • Robert Falcon Scott : a struggle for existence
  • Solomon AndrĂ©e : we cannot fail
  • Donald Crowhurst : the reward was madness
  • John Franklin : the man who shouldn't have been there
  • Jean Batten : a terrible beauty
  • Aleister Crowley : the wickedest man in the world
  • Claudio Corti : only a madman would try such a thing
  • Maurice Wilson : an elaborate suicide
  • Earl Denman : the romantic heart
  • Guy Waterman, Johnny Waterman, Bill Waterman : walking into darkness.