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Summary: Oustanding, captivating.
Review: I have never read a book that has engaged me as Endurance did. It stands alone in the arena of adventure/travel stories, real or fictional.
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Summary: Down to Your Last $10? Skip the Food--Buy This Book!
Review: OK, so you can't eat the book. But the word "Endurance" for you will never be the same after reading this book. If this was Hollywood, it would be laughable--no one would believe it. But it is for real. And--wonderfull news--there is finally another book that has the essential pictures. Like 140 or so? Still, the Lansing book is a "must have" and, IMHO, an essential first read. When you finish the Lansing book, then check out: Endurance : Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition -- Caroline Alexander; Hardcover. Obviously available through Amazon (or maybe obviously not... it does not look like Amazon can paste a link to it's own site. Very strange). Anyway, just search on "Endurance" and you'll see a link to Caroline's book. Worth every penny of $30. The fact that Amazon is only asking around $20 is why we keep coming back... As with the Lansing edition, you will likely find yourself buying multiple copies of this book. The pictures alone are worth (twice?) the price! Too bad that Amazon does not (yet?) offer quantity discounts! --Richard (Ashburn, VA)
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Summary: No one would believe the story if it weren't true.
Review: Before reading, get a good map marked with longitude and latitude. Then just enjoy and prepare to be amazed. Wickwire, Krakauer, Whittaker, and Messner look like creampuffs compared to the least strong (weak certainly can't be used to describe any of them) members of the expedition.
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Summary: My all-time favorite book.
Review: The first 40 pages seem drab, but then the story takes off, and I never wanted to put the book down! Yet the first 40 pages are essential to understanding the type of man that Shackleton was, why his men had such incredible devotion to him. They trusted each and every decision Shackleton made, ultimately saving their lives. It is succinctly written, and often quite witty. It's the best true-life adventure I've ever read!
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Summary: Won'erful! Won'erful!
Review: Highly recommended! A virtually flawless account of an adventure that could not have been written as fiction - no one would have believed it. As it is, it's hard to believe that they once made MEN like this, and that these men had such magnificent, albeit harrowing, adventures. Today, we measure ourselves by what new toothpaste slogans we come up with. What a world. Some minor criticisms -- where are the maps, charts, drawings, and photos? And the epilogue? This book cried out for one. But this is all minor when compared to Lansing's superlative achievement. Bravo!
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Summary: all-time favorite sea adventure
Review: The first time I read this book, I couldn't put it down. For months afterward I felt empowered to face any challenge (especially in MY ordinary life!). Lansing does a fantastic job of combining all his research into a smooth flowing account of the most fantastic survival epic of all time. 28 men left standing on a piece of floating ice in the antarctic sea and how they walked, floated, rowed, sailed, ate, thought, interacted, and survived on their own power and endurance...simply outstanding.
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Summary: One incredible event after another!
Review: Probably the best book on polar exploration and the human hardship which goes along. Shackleton may have never reached the South Pole but I believe the story presented in Lansings' book is unparalleled in human hardship and achievement. Truly incredible!!!!
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Summary: An inspiration
Review: I first read Endurance in 1968, when I was a teen. It was most impressive then, and even more so to me now. Truly an inspirational story, one that is almost beyond belief. These fellows lend a new meaning to the phrase " tough guys". Not just physically, but mentally.
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Summary: Imagine Being Tossed Through 8-Storey Waves in a 21' Boat!
Review: This book left me still and slack-jawed in amazement. The story of the Shackleton Expedition's survival through ice, hunger, wind and waves is the paradigm of human triumph against all odds. This book should be required reading in the schools. My only complaint is the lack of a good map.
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Summary: I'm out of enconiums -- just read the book
Review: Anyone read the article in a recent "National Geographic" which featured some recently recovered pictures from the ill-fated expedition? Amidst the on-ship shots of sailors playing cards or the dramatic pictures of the ship stuck in the ice, perched on a brilliantly white field of snow without a cloud in the sky, there was one two-page spread of Elephant Island seen from a distance. It looked like Seward or Whittier on a _really_ bad day, threatening clouds ringed towering mountains, the sea was dark and cold, and the overall impression was of one of the most inhospitable environments I've ever seen -- and I didn't have to cross the island in 7-month-old gear with threadbare supplies and waning spirits. The first word of the caption is "Salvation!," which was presumably the sailors' reaction to seeing this veritable sanctuary appear out of the icy mist. This ia an admittedly indirect approach to a review, but the previous 112 readers have already explained how this is a gripping tale of survival and indomitable will. I couldn't agree more.
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