RETURN FROM THE POLE by Cross, Frederick A - 1953

Burke Publishing Co, 1953. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Edition: The original manuscript edited, with appraisal by Frederick J Pohl, 254pp,illustrated with 8 pages of b/w photos,maps on eps showing North Polar Region and routes taken by Cook and Peary. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine in price clipped pictorial dustjacket. Sensational vindication of the author's controversial Polar claim to have reached the North Pole in 1908. "The story of the discovery of the north pole in April 1908 and the controversy surrounding it. Who really discovered the north pole, Admiral Peary or Frederick Cook? Here is Dr. Cook's amazing story of his struggle back from the North Pole, a record which vindicates his original claim that he, and not Peary had reached the Pole first. Dr. Cook wrote this final statement in the long and bitter Cook-Peary controversy. It is possible that someday Cook's claim to the Pole will have further supporting evidence. What about Cook's later life - his spending five years in prison for fraud? This book was written between 1930 and 1935 as Dr. Cook declared 'Before I die I must clear my good name.' Cook suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on May 3, 1940. Two weeks later President Franklin D. Roosevelt pardoned him." Dustjacket protected in plastic sleeve, old sellotape markings to dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1972. .