As Told at the Explorers Club: More Than Fifty Gripping Tales of Adventure (Explorers Club Classic): More Than Fifty Gripping Tales Of Adventure, updated edition - Softcover

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9781592286584: As Told at the Explorers Club: More Than Fifty Gripping Tales of Adventure (Explorers Club Classic): More Than Fifty Gripping Tales Of Adventure, updated edition

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ISBN 10: 1592286585 ISBN 13: 9781592286584

Publisher: Lyons Press, 2005

For more than a century, The Explorers Club has been the meeting place for some of the most daring adventurers on the planet. It's a legendary oasis, where a man just back from the Gobi Desert might kick back and, over some port, have a chat with a fellow off to Bandung. In this collection are some of the best tales ever swapped at this capital of adventure, including: -Anthony Fiola on being in close quarters with a polar bear -Charles Lindbergh on his famous flight -Felix Reisenberg on the Arctic -Anne Keenleyside, Ph. D. on cannibalism -Roald Amundsen on the explorer Stefansson -Mervyn Cowie on hunting killer lions -Jean-Marc Boivin on hang-gliding -Curtis and Kathleen Saville on oceanic rowing -E. W. Deming on Sitting Bull's mysterious death It's some of the finest writing on some of the most hair-raising journeys ever made, all selected by the late editor George Plimpton, himself a member of The Explorers Club. This updated edition features a new foreword by Richard Wiese, president of The Explorers Club, and a photo insert that takes readers on a virtual tour of this exclusive club and its extraordinary archives.

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Review:

"Upon opening As Told at The Explorer's Club, I felt sure that I'd find one delight after another, my anticipation buoyed by the line, 'Edited and with an Introduction by George Plimpton.' Both an engaging writer and a first-class editor, the legendary Plimpton knew a fine yarn when he heard one. In this, one of his last gifts to readers, he does not disappoint."--Smithsonian magazine "This entertaining collection is recommended for both academic and public libraries."--Library Journal "The tales feel unquestionably authentic. This volume celebrates a century of global exploration and, like any true adventure, it will surprise you again and again."--Audubon Naturalist News

From the Back Cover:

The year was 1904, and the spirit of exploration was running high. Theodore Roosevelt, America's premier adventurer president, was still in the White House. The Wright brothers' flying machine was barely off the ground; air travel was years away from reducing the globe to an accessible sphere. A few explorers determined to reach the North Pole had captured the imagination of the Western world. Many geographic regions remained undiscovered. Spurred by the challenges of reaching the unreachable and the scientific desire to pry from the earth its long-held secrets, a hardy band of gentleman-adventurers came together to form The Explorers Club in New York City. Their stated mission: "Promote exploration by all possible means." In its earliest years, The Explorers Club met in simple rented rooms. In 1965, the Club bought a Tudor-style mansion on East 70th Street in the historic Upper East Side, where it has remained ever since. Having celebrated its centennial anniversary in 2004, today The Explorers Club is an international society dedicated to the advancement of field research, scientific exploration, and the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore. As Told at the Explorers Club will take you to all corners of the globe, with all sorts of adventures and explorers, from Amundsen to Lindbergh, from the Arctic to Antarctica, and all points in between.

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