If Outside magazine had been around during the first turn of the century; Fridtjof Nansen would have been its No. 1 cover boy.—The Chicago Sun-TimesIn September of 1893; Norwegian zoologist Fridtjof Nansen and crew manned the schooner Fram; intending to drift; frozen in the Arctic pack-ice; to the North Pole. When it became clear that they would miss the pole; Nansen and companion Hjalmar Johansen struck off by themselves. Racing the shrinking pack-ice; they attempted; by dog-sled; to go "farthest north." They survived a winter in a moss hut eating walruses and polar bears; and the public assumed they were dead. In the spring of 1896; after three years of trekking; and having made it to within four degrees of the pole; they returned to safety. Nansen's narrative stands with the best writing on polar exploration. 20 b/w photographs. Skyhorse Publishing; along with our Arcade; Good Books; Sports Publishing; and Yucca imprints; is proud to publish a broad range of biographies; autobiographies; and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin; Nelson Mandela; and Alexander Graham Bell; as well as villains from history; such as Heinrich Himmler; John Wayne Gacy; and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II; memoirs about overcoming adversity; first-hand tales of adventure; and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller; we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful. Watkins Crossroads for Liberty is a good reminder that the writings of the Anti-Federalists should not ...By David B. MuhlhausenWatkins Crossroads for Liberty is a good reminder that the writings of the Anti-Federalists should not have been dismissed during the Founding. Further; many of their criticisms of the US Constitution are very relevant to today's problem of an ever expanding and intrusive federal government. Perhaps; as Watkins suggests; the Anti-Federalists are more relevant than ever.
