DCS notes elsewhere some common facets of explorers lives: depressives, loners, readers, and writers. Ambitious.
Peary: The Explorer and the Man. Based on His Personal Papers.
Weems, John Edward. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1967.
- 1891-1920 Robert Peary and the Search for the North Pole.
- Arctic Reading: United States
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Race for the Pole.
Weems, John Edward. Preface by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. New York: Henry Holt, 1960.
- 1891-1920 Robert Peary and the Search for the North Pole.
- Arctic Reading: United States
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Generally a whitewash of the Peary legend and legacy (mainly about the 1908-09 expedition) written as a homely narrative based according to Weems on thorough documentation. Although there is a decent bibliography one can’t find documentation for any given passage.