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The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame
- Author
- Joanna Kafarowski
- Narrator
- Kate Mulligan
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 12 October 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 8 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The first comprehensive biography of Louise Arner Boyd—the intrepid American socialite who reinvented herself as the leading female polar explorer of the twentieth century.
Born in the late 1880s to a gritty mining magnate who made his millions in the California Gold Rush and a well-bred mother descended from one of New York’s distinguished families, society beauty Louise Arner Boyd was raised during a glittering era.
After inheriting a staggering family fortune, she began leading a double life. She fell under the spell of the north in the late 1920s after a sailing excursion to the Arctic Ocean. Over the next three decades, she achieved international notoriety as a rugged and audacious polar explorer while maintaining her flamboyant lifestyle as a leading society woman. Yet despite organizing, financing, and directing seven daring Arctic expeditions between 1926 and 1955, she is virtually unknown today.
Critics Review
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“Joanna Kafarowski’s comprehensive biography of Boyd is a long-overdue examination of this wealthy and generous socialite, gifted photographer, and goal-oriented and determined expedition organizer.”
Arctic Journal
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“An exhaustively researched account of the remarkable life of Louise Arner Boyd…Arctic aficionados, history buffs, and feminists will all be intrigued by this story of an adventurous life.”
Publishers Weekly
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“Vividly written, exhaustively researched, and long overdue, this evocative biography brings to life a forgotten female explorer who cries out for greater recognition. What a wonderful addition to Arctic exploration literature.”
Ken McGoogan, author of Dead Reckoning
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Details
- Author
- Joanna Kafarowski
- Narrator
- Kate Mulligan
- Duration
- 9 hours 8 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 October 2021
- ISBN
- 9798200515431
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Biography: adventurers and explorers, Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: general, Gender studies: women and girls, Transport: general interest
Synopsis
The first comprehensive biography of Louise Arner Boyd—the intrepid American socialite who reinvented herself as the leading female polar explorer of the twentieth century.Born in the late 1880s to a gritty mining magnate who made his millions in the California Gold Rush and a well-bred mother descended from one of New York’s distinguished families, society beauty Louise Arner Boyd was raised during a glittering era.After inheriting a staggering family fortune, she began leading a double life. She fell under the spell of the north in the late 1920s after a sailing excursion to the Arctic Ocean. Over the next three decades, she achieved international notoriety as a rugged and audacious polar explorer while maintaining her flamboyant lifestyle as a leading society woman. Yet despite organizing, financing, and directing seven daring Arctic expeditions between 1926 and 1955, she is virtually unknown today.
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