Tom Crean

Informationen zum Autor Michael Smith is author of the best-selling biography of Tom Crean! An Unsung Hero. His other books include I Am Just Going Outside! a biography of Captain Oates (2002) and Polar Crusader about Sir James Wordie (2004). He has also written books for children! including Shackleton: The Boss. He contributes to TV and radio and lectures on Polar history. Michael was a business and political journalist with The Guardian and The Observer. Klappentext Tom Crean was no ordinary man. He saved comrades from drowning in frozen waters! and rescued others from freezing snow! whilst following his leaders - Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton! the famous Polar explorers. Written by Crean's biographer! this boy's story of courage! strength and determination is aimed at young readers. Zusammenfassung Tom Crean was no ordinary man. He saved comrades from drowning in frozen waters! and rescued others from freezing snow! whilst following his leaders - Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton! the famous Polar explorers. Written by Crean's biographer! this boy's story of courage! strength and determination is aimed at young readers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction A farmer's lad A step into the unknown Footprints in the snow Life at the extremes The call of the ice The dash to the Pole Teardrops in the snow A race for life Raw courage The bravest march Life and death on the ice Ice bound Trapped Cast adrift Launch the boats! A fragile grip on life An epic voyage March or die An historic trek Rescue mission Tom the Pole Tom Crean - A Timeline Useful Information Further Reading Index

Auteur

Michael Smith was a political and business journalist for over thirty years with The Guardian, The Observer and The Evening Standard. He has written two other books on polar exploration - An Unsung Hero and I'm Am Just Going Outside. He lives in London.

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For many, the key image they have of Tom Crean is the one of his lovingly holding the puppies he took care of on Shackleton's Endurance expedition, the same puppies who would later have to be killed for food. His amazing adventures in the world's mos

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Tom Crean was no ordinary man. He saved comrades from drowning in frozen waters, and rescued others from freezing snow, whilst following his leaders - Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton, the famous Polar explorers. Written by Crean's biographer, this boy's story of courage, strength and determination is aimed at young readers.

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Introduction A farmer's lad A step into the unknown Footprints in the snow Life at the extremes The call of the ice The dash to the Pole Teardrops in the snow A race for life Raw courage The bravest march Life and death on the ice Ice bound Trapped Cast adrift Launch the boats! A fragile grip on life An epic voyage March or die An historic trek Rescue mission Tom the Pole Tom Crean - A Timeline Useful Information Further Reading Index