Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Revised)

Description: Drawing on previously unavailable sources, this riveting account of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition to Antarctica presents, for the first time, 150 images by Australian photographer Frank Hurley, whose stunning visual record of the ordeal was--amazingly--preserved. "National Geographic" feature.

Review Quotes: "One of the best survival stories ever." --TIME

"In Ms. Alexander's telling, the terrifying details of the journey come as vividly to life as ever... she skillfully weaves together diary entries and memoirs so as to evoke both the beauty and the terror of the Antarctic." --The New York Times

"A gratifying hit...brisk and well-turned." --The New Yorker

"A spellbinding story of human courage." --Publisher's Weekly (starred review)

"A fresh and lively retelling of this fascinating survival story." --PBS

"If it hadn't happened, it would be the greatest piece of adventure fiction ever written." --The Denver Post