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The stowaway : a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica, Laurie Gwen Shapiro

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The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties' most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica. It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great War was over and American optimism was higher than the stock market. What better moment to launch an expedition to Antarctica, the planet's final frontier? This was the moon landing before the 1960s. Everyone wanted to join the adventure. Rockefellers and Vanderbilts begged to be taken along as mess boys, and newspapers across the globe covered the planning's every stage. The night before the expedition's flagship launched, Billy Gawronski--a skinny, first generation New York City high schooler desperate to escape a dreary future in the family upholstery business--jumped into the Hudson River and snuck aboard. Could he get away with it? From the grimy streets of New York's Lower East Side to the rowdy dance halls of sultry Francophone Tahiti, all the way to Antarctica's blinding white and deadly freeze, Laurie Gwen Shapiro's The Stowaway takes you on the unforgettable voyage of a gutsy young stowaway who became an international celebrity, a mascot for an up-by-your bootstraps age
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eng
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Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Extent
239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • The golden door
  • Good men should apply
  • The City of New York
  • The triumph of the century
  • South Pole or bust
  • First ice
  • The stowaway report
  • Fine enough
  • Great Depression
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9781476753867
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The stowaway : a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica
Title
The stowaway
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a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica
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Laurie Gwen Shapiro
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stowaway
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a young mans extraordinary adventure to Antarctica
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Language
eng
Summary
The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties' most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica. It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great War was over and American optimism was higher than the stock market. What better moment to launch an expedition to Antarctica, the planet's final frontier? This was the moon landing before the 1960s. Everyone wanted to join the adventure. Rockefellers and Vanderbilts begged to be taken along as mess boys, and newspapers across the globe covered the planning's every stage. The night before the expedition's flagship launched, Billy Gawronski--a skinny, first generation New York City high schooler desperate to escape a dreary future in the family upholstery business--jumped into the Hudson River and snuck aboard. Could he get away with it? From the grimy streets of New York's Lower East Side to the rowdy dance halls of sultry Francophone Tahiti, all the way to Antarctica's blinding white and deadly freeze, Laurie Gwen Shapiro's The Stowaway takes you on the unforgettable voyage of a gutsy young stowaway who became an international celebrity, a mascot for an up-by-your bootstraps age
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individual biography
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10616414
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Shapiro, Laurie Gwen
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919.8904
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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bibliography
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  • Gawronski, Billy
  • Antarctica
  • Stowaways
  • Ocean travel
  • Adventure and adventurers
  • Teenage boys
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
  • HISTORY / Polar Regions
  • HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
  • Adventure and adventurers
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a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica
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The stowaway : a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica, Laurie Gwen Shapiro
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index
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Contents
The golden door -- Good men should apply -- The City of New York -- The triumph of the century -- South Pole or bust -- First ice -- The stowaway report -- Fine enough -- Great Depression
Control code
ocn974796105
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Extent
239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781476753867
Lccn
2017007428
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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illustrations
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(OCoLC)974796105
Label
The stowaway : a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica, Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The golden door -- Good men should apply -- The City of New York -- The triumph of the century -- South Pole or bust -- First ice -- The stowaway report -- Fine enough -- Great Depression
Control code
ocn974796105
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Extent
239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781476753867
Lccn
2017007428
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)974796105

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