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Summary: This is my all-time favorite book.
Review: If you enjoy the outdoors or just love to read about man's struggle to overcome adversity, I suggest this book. It is a gripping tale of a true life adventure that will have you spellbound. I didn't want to put this book down until the last page had been read. Excellent story, read it today....and GET OUTSIDE tomorrow!
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Summary: A book that did a major reset on my thinking. Cool!
Review: This is my second post, and I won't repeat what others have already well expressed. I keep buying this book in sets of 3 to 5 so that I can give copies as gifts. Hopefully AMAZON can convince a publisher to republish this book with the original hardback contents (pictures and maps). Still, an essential read. Should be (IMHO) in everyone's library.
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Summary: Homo sapiens indomitabilis
Review: If there were such a sub-species of Homo sapiens it would have included the early polar explorers, the likes of which are exemplified by Ernest Shackleton and his party who were stuck on or about the Antarctic ice pack for over 17 months in 1914-1916. Furthermore, I believe that this subspecies is now extinct. No exploration today -- the ludicrous mass herdings up Mt. Everest come to mind -- could come close to the trials and hardships encountered in this amazing tale of survival. This is a book that anyone interested in what human beings can do under the most impossible circumstances imaginable must read.
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Summary: Grace under pressure...
Review: One of the best reads I have had all year! Riveting story of courageous men facing one of the most hostile climates on earth. Photographs and maps would have been a nice addition but this enthralling adventure easily stands on its own. With few true heros on the world stage a read like this..with rugged, earnest, and utterly selfless individuals..is a welcome diversion.
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Summary: The Reason why failure beats success
Review: This book is spellbinding, and I'm trying to figure out why so many people like it (myself included). Yes, the endurance; yes, the determination; but still. . . Plenty of other stories like that. It reminds me of another astonishing book which Amazon.com also discovered, about several canoe journeys across Labrador about the same time ("Great Heart" by James Davidson and John Rugge). I think that's because both books start with failure rather than success. Shackleton never gets close to accomplishing his original goal; Hubbard (an adventurer who attempts to cross Labrador by canoe) starves to death. Yet by choosing stories with failure at the center, I think each resonates with so many who read them. We all make miscalculations, get in over our heads; so the story becomes how individuals cope with adversity. Hubbard starves, but in failure he utterly transforms the lives of the people closest to him. Shackleton is trapped by the ice, but leads his men on a mission that defines the human spirit.
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Summary: Incredible...
Review: This has to be one of the greatest of all adventures. It certainly overshadows any greatness that may have been earned in crossing the Antarctic continent. These men survived the impossible. Truly amazing.... The author has done a wonderful job. Excellent,descriptive and hard to put down.
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Summary: Just when you thought it couldn't get worse....
Review: It does. Schackleton and his men just never gave up. It's hard to believe that this story is non-fiction! In the face of much smaller problems, most people throw up their hands and give up. Not the crew members of Endurance. This was one of the most inspiring books that I've read in a long time. Even though the author's writing style drags at times, the story never fails to amaze. A must read!!!
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Summary: Page turner
Review: The Endeavor story is a page turner to rival the best mysteries....and it's true! What was lacking was character development. Lansing quotes others as calling Shackleton one of the great leaders of men in history, but then fails to explain how his leadership skills managed to keep his crew together through their remarkable adventures without a single loss of life. Even afer reading about it, it's still hard to believe what Shackleton and his crew accomplished.
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Summary: Astonishing Display Of Human Courage
Review: This story of superhuman effort and courage displayed by the shipwrecked crew of the Endurance has resulted in a gift of this tremendous book to each of my two children. Inside the cover I have indicated that this story should be read and then remembered during those times that seemingly overwhelming difficulties are confronted during their lifetimes.
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Summary: Great story, poor edition
Review: Amazing and powerful tale of men enduring the unendurable. Sadly missing from this edition are the photographs and the all-important map.
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