Travel Books
Search Advanced Search
 Location:  Home » Travel Books » General » The Worst Journey in the World  
Books By Country
France
Browse
Travel Books
Books
Films
Electronics
Outdoors
Software
Toys
Computer Games
VHS
Music
Home and Garden
Personal Care
Michael Palin
Electrical Travel Stuff
Software - Travel
Learn Languages SW
Learn with Rosetta Stone
Maps
The Worst Journey in the World
The Worst Journey in the World

 enlarge 
Author: Apsley Cherry-garrard
Publisher: Pimlico
Category: Book

List Price: £8.99
Buy Used: £4.16
You Save: £4.83 (54%)



New (21) from £4.86

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 reviews
Sales Rank: 13863

Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 704
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1.6

ISBN: 1844131033
Dewey Decimal Number: 919.8904
EAN: 9781844131037
ASIN: 1844131033

Publication Date: November 6, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

Also Available In:

  • Paperback - The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic, 1910-13 (Travel Library)
  • Paperback - The Worst Journey in the World : Antarctic 1910-1913 (Explorers Club Classic)
  • Hardcover - Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic, 1910-13
  • MP3 CD - The Worst Journey in the World
  • Paperback - The Worst Journey in the World
  • Paperback - The Worst Journey in the World
  • Paperback - The Worst Journey in the World
  • Paperback - The Worst Journey in the World: A Tale of Loss and Courage in Antarctica
  • Paperback - The Worst Journey in the World (Explorers Club Classics)
  • Hardcover - The Worst Journey in the World (The Adventure Library , No 13)
  • Unknown Binding - The Worst Journey In The World. Antarctic 1910-1913.
  • Unknown Binding - THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD Antarctic 1910-1913
  • Unknown Binding - The Worst Journey in the World; Antarctic 1910-1913
  • Paperback - The Worst Journey in the World
  • Paperback - The Worst Journey in the World

Similar Items:

  • Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
  • Shackletons Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy
  • Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard
  • Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition (Oxford World's Classics)
  • South: The Endurance Expedition: The "Endurance" Expedition

Customer Reviews:   Read 19 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars The most amazing journey in the world.   September 25, 2008
This is by far the most intriguing book I have ever read. It contains all the neccesary ingredients for a great work of fiction, but the fact that this is a true story makes it even more fantastic.


5 out of 5 stars A Desert Islands Discs book   May 12, 2008
There are few books that have left so lasting impression upon me. This book deserves all the superlatives too casually granted other, lesser books. This man, so young, so lacking in cynicism, so loyal and idealistic will haunt your memory as surely as he was ever-lastingly haunted by the Antarctic and the loss of his companions. His writing is superlative, a true craftsman, he will lead you into this world and leave the impression of it upon you forever. I return to this book with reverence.


5 out of 5 stars Compelling story of quiet determination   November 23, 2007
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Cherry-Garrard's book is indeed a treasure. The sensitive portraits that he paints of his fellow explorers, the descriptions of the landscape and conditions and his account of his own travels and exertions put you right there in it with them. Within the measured and maybe repressed framework of his age he writes openly and with a sustained ring of truth, i.e. that this was what he really felt at the time. He indeed paints Scott in a rosy light, but who can blame him after spending so long with Scott in such a closed environment? Scott had many good qualities but above all was a product of his time, of the Royal Navy and Edwardian Britain. With the benefit of hindsight, the expedition could have been better prepared, trained and equipped, but I'm not sure that it could have been better served by the men who were part of it. I recommend Cherry-Garrard's book to anyone interested to read of human determination and companionship in the face of extreme hardship.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent book about "The Worst Journey In The World"   February 6, 2007
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

A fantastic gripping harrowing account of what the author rightly calls The Worst Journey iin the World. he should know he was there!
The youngest member of Scott's team who later formed the rescue party that eventually found the frozen bodies of Scott and the three men who had made the final effort to reach the Pole.
Ignore the reviewer who casts against this edition. It was obviously a poor copy of the book that made the pages fall out! I have read this book and I have 2 friends who have their own copies and the pages remain firm.
Please, do not be put off from buying what is a masterpiece of work.



5 out of 5 stars The Worst Edition in the World   December 6, 2005
 18 out of 21 found this review helpful

I'm not going to review 'The Worst Journey', which is of course wonderful.

Instead I want to warn you off buying the Pimlico 2003 edition, which is shockingly poor quality. The introductory sections are riddled with typos, including misspellings of proper names. The back pages began to fall out while I was reading the opening sections - and I didn't mistreat the book at all. By the time I got to the end the pages were falling out like polar explorer's toe-nails.

Cherry deserves better than this. I hope that Sara Wheeler, who edited it and wrote an informative introduction, will demand Pimlico hire a proof-reader before any reprints.



Learn how to have your own Amazon Shop


Travel Maps and Guides


zeugma


Holiday Travel

 

alpharooms.com for cheap holiday deals in spain and worldwide

Disneyland Paris for a great family holiday or short break.

Holday Cottages throughout Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland and France with Cottages4you

Hilton - need we say more, you will find Hilton Hotels in most areas throughout Britain, in cities and in the countryside.

 

Don't forget Travel Insurance

 

 

 

Airport Parking