And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Lansing's book is definitely the one you want. And please read it yourself, don't listen to it.
I still have the first copy I read. It was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection when it was published, and my parents got it. Have lost track of the number of times I've read it.
Shackleton's story is just incredible. It concluded right as WWI was starting and seemed to have been forgotten somewhat by history, but it's a great read.
Couple more things: almost all the guys on those voyages turned right around (as if they'd not had hardship enough) and joined militart service where several died fighting WW I.
One least book: The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry Garrard. Has nothing to do with Shackleton and covered his trips with Scott. Google "worst journey in the world" to get an idea of men doing something we have no equivalent of today.
Shackleton's story is amazing, especially when he and two others took a row boat and sailed to Georgia Island. But if you want to read about more real heroes this story is equally amazing- The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
One of the most amazing and inspirational things about the story is that Shackleton managed to bring his crew through the ordeal without losing a single man.
I used to have this, just looked for it on my shelves and it is no longer there. Slightly miserable. It is possible that I lent it to someone and then moved.
Lansing's book is definitely the one you want. And please read it yourself, don't listen to it.
ReplyDeleteI still have the first copy I read. It was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection when it was published, and my parents got it. Have lost track of the number of times I've read it.
Can concur. It is a great read.
ReplyDeleteShackleton's story is just incredible. It concluded right as WWI was starting and seemed to have been forgotten somewhat by history, but it's a great read.
ReplyDeleteCouple more things: almost all the guys on those voyages turned right around (as if they'd not had hardship enough) and joined militart service where several died fighting WW I.
ReplyDeleteOne least book: The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry Garrard. Has nothing to do with Shackleton and covered his trips with Scott. Google "worst journey in the world" to get an idea of men doing something we have no equivalent of today.
Shackleton's story is amazing, especially when he and two others took a row boat and sailed to Georgia Island. But if you want to read about more real heroes this story is equally amazing-
ReplyDeleteThe Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
The film of Shackleton's story, starring Kenneth Branagh, is well worth seeing.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most amazing and inspirational things about the story is that Shackleton managed to bring his crew through the ordeal without losing a single man.
ReplyDeleteTimely. Just today I read that they found his ship: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/climate/endurance-wreck-found-shackleton.html
ReplyDeleteDon't recall which Shackleton story I read but the fact that no one died was amazing.
ReplyDeleteI used to have this, just looked for it on my shelves and it is no longer there. Slightly miserable. It is possible that I lent it to someone and then moved.
ReplyDeleteWhat every skipper, from a dingy to an attack sub, should emulate.
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