{"product_id":"true-north-peary-cook-and-the-race-to-the-pole-9780393327380","title":"True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1909, two men laid rival claims to this crown jewel of exploration. A century later, the battle rages still. This book is about one of the most enduring and vitriolic feuds in the history of exploration. \"What a consummate cur he is,\" said Robert Peary of Frederick Cook in 1911. Cook responded, \"Peary has stooped to every crime from rape to murder.\" They had started out as friends and shipmates, with Cook, a doctor, accompanying Peary, a civil engineer, on an expedition to northern Greenland in 1891. Peary's leg was shattered in an accident, and without Cook's care he might never have walked again. But by the summer of 1909, all the goodwill was gone. Peary said he had reached the Pole in September 1909; Cook scooped him, presenting evidence that he had gotten there in 1908. Bruce Henderson makes a wonderful narrative out of the claims and counterclaims, and he introduces fascinating scientific and psychological evidence to put the appalling details of polar travel in a new context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Henderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.54w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393327380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenderson, Bruce:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eBruce Henderson\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author and coauthor of many nonfiction books, including the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eAnd the Sea Will Tell\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Santa Rosa, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44911725314163,"sku":"9780393327380","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_2cd80eff-7070-42ef-9c0b-87edab412955.jpg?v=1777567724","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/true-north-peary-cook-and-the-race-to-the-pole-9780393327380","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}