Who Was Ernest Shackleton?

by James Buckley Jr.

Book Overview

As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton's incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. His courage in the face of dangerous conditions and unforeseeable tragedies reveal the great leader that he was. His historic 1914 journey aboard the Endurance has all the drama of an action movie...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448479311
• ISBN13: 9780448479316
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great book

This is a great book to go along with my lesson plans coming up. The book was written in I wish it wasn’t but oh well