Six Came Back: The Arctic Adventure of David L. Brainard
by Brainard, David L
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Signed and inscribed by David Brainard to his daughter Elinor.
Indianapolis & New York: by Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1940. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 8vo – 22.2cm. 305 pages, frontispiece portrait, black-and-white photographic plates, cartographic endpapers, a complete copy. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles on cover and moderately faded spine and slight wear at extremities. In Near Fine condition; Pages are clean and gutters are strong and un-cracked. A Near Fine copy of a first-person account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition under the command of Lieutenant Adolphus Greely. This volume contains Brainard's entire diary, a portion of which (the last four chapters) was published in 1929 as "Outpost of the Lost". Arctic Bibliography 2071
This unique copy with significant provenance being signed and inscribed by David Brainard in the year of publication on the half-title page "To my sweet and lovely daughter Elinor, D. Brainard – Washington, D.C.; Aug. 31st, 1940".
Account by Sergeant David Brainard, one of the six lone survivors of the 25 man Greely Expedition - officially called The Lady Franklin Bay Arctic Expedition that sailed from St. John's, Newfoundland in July 1881 with Lt. Adlophus W. Greely in command. On the day of sailing, Sergeant Brainard began his diary – this was the first publication of Brainard's complete diary account that documents one of the tragic sagas the long history of Arctic polar exploration. Brainard was one of three men who pushed up the Greenland coast to plant the American flag in the snow of the most northern latitude men reached at the time. Brainard also achieved Farthest West crossing Grinnell Land from east to west and for the first time sighting the Western Ocean. An important first-person account, and this is also a very captivating narrative to read.
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- Bookseller
- Chet Ross Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MNSX1222
- Title
- Six Came Back
- Author
- Brainard, David L
- Illustrator
- Black-and-White Photographic images
- Format/Binding
- Publisher’s blue cloth with gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Indianapolis & New York: by Bobbs-Merrill Co.,
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis & New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Pages
- 305
- Size
- 8vo – 22.2cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Greely, Lady Franklin Bay, Cannibalism
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