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The stowaway : a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica Cover Image Book Book

The stowaway : a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica

Shapiro, Laurie Gwen (author.).

Summary: The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties' most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica. The night before the expedition's flagship launched, Billy Gawronski--a skinny, first generation New York City high schooler desperate to escape a dreary future in the family upholstery business--jumped into the Hudson River and snuck aboard. Could he get away with it? From the grimy streets of New York's Lower East Side to the rowdy dance halls of sultry Francophone Tahiti, all the way to Antarctica's blinding white and deadly freeze, Laurie Gwen Shapiro's The Stowaway takes you on the unforgettable voyage of a gutsy young stowaway who became an international celebrity, a mascot for an up-by-your bootstraps age.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781476753867
  • ISBN: 1476753865
  • Physical Description: print
    239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-224) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The golden door -- Good men should apply -- The City of New York -- The triumph of the century -- South Pole or bust -- First ice -- The stowaway report -- Fine enough -- Great Depression.

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Subject: Gawronski, Billy 1910-1981 Travel Antarctica
Antarctica Description and travel
Stowaways Antarctica Biography
Ocean travel History 20th century
Adventure and adventurers Antarctica Biography
Teenage boys New York (State) New York Biography
Genre: Travel writing.
Biographies.
True adventure stories.

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  • 14 of 16 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

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  • 1 current hold with 16 total copies.
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Cambridge City PL - Cambridge City 919.8 Sha (Text) 76893000271125 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Coatesville-Clay Twp PL - Coatesville 919.8 (Text) 78321000027058 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Eckhart PL - Main 919.89 SHA (Text) 840191002495184 Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level Checked out 05/04/2024
Greenwood PL - Greenwood NONFICTION HISTORY WORLD Shapiro (Text) 36626103906186 2nd Floor Adult Nonfiction Available -
Jefferson Co PL - Madison Main Branch 919.8904 SHAP (Text) 39391006862203 Nonfiction Available -
Lebanon PL - Lebanon 919.89 SHA (Text) 34330513209370 Adult - Non-Fiction Available -
Mooresville PL - Mooresville 919.89 SHA (Text) 37323005336683 NONFIC Available -
Morgan Co PL - Martinsville Main Library 919.8904 SHA (Text) 78551000534819 Non-Fiction Available -
Perry Co PL - Tell City Main Library 919.8 SHA (Text) 70621000217584 Adult - Non Fiction Available -
Plainfield-Guilford Twp PL - Plainfield 919.8904 Shapiro (Text) 31208912558931 non-fiction Available -
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