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Ada Blackjack : A True Story of Survival in the Arctic, Hardcover by Niven, J...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780786868636
- Book Title
- Ada Blackjack : a True Story of Survival in the Arctic
- Publisher
- Hyperion Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Games & Activities, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Polar Regions, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Adventurers & Explorers, Card Games / Blackjack
- Item Weight
- 26.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 348 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hyperion Press
ISBN-10
0786868635
ISBN-13
9780786868636
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2258729
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ada Blackjack : a True Story of Survival in the Arctic
Number of Pages
348 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Polar Regions, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Adventurers & Explorers, Card Games / Blackjack
Publication Year
2003
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Games & Activities, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
26.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-050826
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"The beauty of Niven's tale reveals itself slowly, in hard-to-find bits and pieces, mirroring the piecemeal dawning of dread that blanketed the book's five protagonists one winter in 1923 on a bleak Arctic island. "-- Publishers Weekly
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Dewey Decimal
915.7/7 B
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Synopsis
From the author of The Ice Master comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate, uninhabited Arctic island In September 1921, four young men and Ada Blackjack, a diminutive 25-year-old Eskimo woman, ventured deep into the Arctic in a secret attempt to colonize desolate Wrangel Island for Great Britain. Two years later, Ada Blackjack emerged as the sole survivor of this ambitious polar expedition. This young, unskilled woman--who had headed to the Arctic in search of money and a husband--conquered the seemingly unconquerable north and survived all alone after her male companions had perished. Following her triumphant return to civilization, the international press proclaimed her the female Robinson Crusoe. But whatever stories the press turned out came from the imaginations of reporters: Ada Blackjack refused to speak to anyone about her horrific two years in the Arctic. Only on one occasion--after charges were published falsely accusing her of causing the death of one her companions--did she speak up for herself. Jennifer Niven has created an absorbing, compelling history of this remarkable woman, taking full advantage of the wealth of first-hand resources about Ada that exist, including her never-before-seen diaries, the unpublished diaries from other primary characters, and interviews with Ada's surviving son. Ada Blackjack is more than a rugged tale of a woman battling the elements to survive in the frozen north--it is the story of a hero.
LC Classification Number
E99.E7B6563 2003
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