Ends of the earth
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960
issued: 2018-12-13
issued: 1929
description: "Experiences of an explorer and naturalist working for the American Museum of Natural History in various parts of the world, including whaling in B.C. in 1908."-- Edwards, M. H., Lort, J. C. R., & Carmichael, W. J. (1975). A bibliography of British Columbia: Years of growth, 1900-1950. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 7.
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extent: vi, 293 pages : frontispiece, photographs ; 22 cm
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note: Wide World Photos. Roy Chapman Andrews. ENDS OF THE EARTH BY ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS AUTHOR OF "ON THE TRAIL OF ANCIENT MAN" Illustrated with actual photographs from the author's collection in the American Museum of Natural History GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. Garden Cmr New York ENDS OF THE EARTH ^> Copyright, 1929 by The Curtis Publishing Co. {The Saturday Evening Post) Copyright, 1929 by Roy Chapman Andrews Made in the United States of America To GEORGE PALMER PUTNAM A FELLOW EXPLORER, AN INSPIRING PUBLISHER AND A WARM FRIEND PREFACE A book of this personal character certainly needs an excuse for being. I doubt if I should ever have thought of doing it, or had the temerity to present it to the public, had it not been for a luncheon at the New York Yacht Club in December, 1028. George Putnam, Commander Fitzhugh Green and I were sitting at the table with coffee before us. In th& comfortable feeling of an excellent luncheon (at Fife's expense) I began to "reminisce" about my early days in the American Museum, of whaling cruises, and life in Conrad's country of the Malay Seas. I think I told the story of a time when I played Robinson Crusoe on an uninhabited island. George sat there with that queer light in his eyes which I have learned to fear because I know that inevitably it means a book or something else that I have no time to do. I began to shift uneasily and suggest that it was time to go. George lit a fresh cigarette, settled determinedly into his chair and I knew that the worst had happened. It was an hour before we left and I was committed body and soul to produce this book before I started for the Gobi desert in the summer of 1920. It has been written on trains and ships, a part of it even in an aeroplane. Chapters have been mailed from cities on the west coast, from Honolulu, Yokohama, and Peking. I never have read it in its entirety. The responsibility for its publication I place entirely upon the broad shoulders of the friend to whom it is dedicated.…
note: Other copies : http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/463052593
has type: Books
identifier: G463 .A615 1929
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0375741
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Garden City, New York : Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. I.K. Barber Library. G463 .A615 1929
type: Text