Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
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| Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage |
1959 |
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“Alfred Lansing was a journalist whose single book became one of the most widely read works of adventure non-fiction in the twentieth century. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, published in 1959, tells the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s failed 1914 attempt to cross Antarctica — and the extraordinary survival story that followed when his ship, the Endurance, was crushed by ice.”
“Lansing interviewed the expedition’s surviving crew members and drew on their diaries and photographs to create a narrative that reads with the tension of a thriller. The book has never gone out of print and is consistently ranked among the best non-fiction adventure books ever written.”
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Alfred Lansing written?
Alfred Lansing has written one books in one series.
What was Alfred Lansing's first book?
Alfred Lansing’s first book is Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, published in 1959.
Why is Endurance considered a classic of survival literature?
“Endurance tells the story of Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-1916 Antarctic expedition, where his ship was crushed by pack ice and the crew spent months stranded on ice floes before making one of the most remarkable open-boat journeys in maritime history. Lansing interviewed surviving crew members and used their diaries and logs to reconstruct the ordeal in gripping detail. The book has stayed in print for over sixty years because the story itself — and Shackleton’s leadership under impossible conditions — remains astonishing.”