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Shackleton's journey / William Grill.

Grill, William, (author,, artist.).

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Tells the story of the shipwreck of the Endurance in a sea of ice en route to Antarctica, and the survival of all 28 members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton.

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  • ISBN: 9781909263109
  • ISBN: 1909263109
  • Physical Description: 68 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: London : Flying Eye Books, [2014]

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Target Audience Note:
1140L Lexile

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Subject: Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 > Travel > Antarctica.
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 > Juvenile literature.
British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909)
Explorers > Great Britain > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > British.
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > British > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Picture books.

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Marshall Public Library J 919.89 GRI (Text) 33391000400739 Juvenile Non-fiction Available -
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Shackleton's Journey


Young, up-and-coming illustrator William Grill weaves a detailed visual narrative of Shackleton's journey to Antarctica. Grill's beautiful use of colored pencils and vibrant hues effortlessly evokes the adventure and excitement that surrounded the expedition. His impeccably researched drawings, rich with detail, fastidiously reproduce the minutiae of the expedition. Children will love examining the diagrams of the peculiar provisions and the individual drawings of each sled dog and packhorse. This book takes the academic and historical information behind the expedition and reinterprets it for a young audience.
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