Full name: Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance Epic

Author: Lennard Bickel Year: 2000 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Travel, Adventure Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781560253068 1560253061

This is a dramatic true story of Antarctic tragedy and survival among the heroic group that was to lay supplies across the Great Ross Ice Shelf in preparation for the Endurance expedition. Launched by Shackleton (and led by Captain Aenaes Mackintosh), this courageous crew completed the longest sledge journey in polar history (199 days) and endured near-unimaginable deprivation. They accomplished most of their mission, laying the way for those who never came. All suffered; some died. Now Australian writer Lennard Bickel honors these forgotten heroes. Largely drawn from the author's interviews with surviving team member Dick Richards, this retelling underscores the capacity of ordinary men for endurance and noble action. Similar books: The Lost Men by Kelly Tyler-Lewis Endurance by F. A. Worsley The Heart of the Antarctic by Ernest Shackleton The Home of the Blizzard by Douglas Mawson South by Ernest Shackleton Shackleton's Boat Journey by Frank Worsley Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition by Beau Riffenburgh This Accursed Land by Lennard Bickel The South Pole by Roald Amundsen Endurance by Alfred Lansing The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard The Coldest March by Susan Solomon The Endurance by Caroline Alexander Below the Convergence by Alan Gurney Alone by Richard E. Byrd The Ice Master by Jennifer Niven Mountains of the Mind by Robert Macfarlane Island of the Lost by Joan Druett The Good Rain by Timothy Egan River of Darkness by Buddy Levy