text Battle of ink and ice : a sensational story of news barons, North Pole explorers, and the making of modern media
- Summary
- "A sixty-year saga of frostbite and fake news that follows the no-holds-barred battle between two legendary explorers to reach the North Pole, and the newspapers which stopped at nothing to get--and sell--the story. In the fall of 1909, a pair of ... Read more
- Contents
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Prologue: the great goal -- Adventures in journalism -- Bones in the white north -- Fit to print -- Anti-heroes -- Yearning to believe -- Epilogue: newspaper of record.
- Format
- text
- Description
- 387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Publisher
- Viking 2023
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Explorers Arctic regions History 20th century
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin) 1856-1920
Cook, Frederick Albert 1865-1940
Arctic regions Discovery and exploration 20th century
North Pole Discovery and exploration 20th century
Newspapers History 20th century
New York herald History 20th century
New York times History 20th century
Cook, Frederick Albert 1865-1940
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin) 1856-1920
Discoveries in geography
Explorers
Newspapers
Arctic Regions
New York (State)
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