The Many Lives of Douglas Mawson

The Many Lives of Douglas Mawson
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ISBN-10 : 1925984478
ISBN-13 : 9781925984477
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Book Synopsis The Many Lives of Douglas Mawson by : Emma McEwin

Download or read book The Many Lives of Douglas Mawson written by Emma McEwin and published by Arden. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Douglas Mawson is famous as an Antarctic explorer who narrowly escaped death on the ice, yet he is enigmatic and cloaked in controversy. Here, McEwin reflects on her forebear's public and private persona. With access to personal papers, she writes intimately about his effect on generations of his family and the unmaking of myths about him.


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