The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to

The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica

The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New Yorkâ€™s Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twentiesâ€™ most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica.

It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great War was over and American optimism was higher than the stock market. What better moment to launch an expedition to Antarctica, the planetâ€™s final frontier? There wouldnâ€™t be another encounter with an unknown this magnificent until Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon.

Everyone wanted in on the adventure. Rockefellers and Vanderbilts begged to be taken along as mess boys, and newspapers across the globe covered the planningâ€™s every stage. And then, the night before the expeditionâ€™s flagship set off, Billy Gawronskiâ€”a mischievous, first-generation New York City high schooler desperate to escape a dreary future in the family upholstery businessâ€”jumped into the Hudson River and snuck aboard.

Could he get away with it?

From the soda shops of New Yorkâ€™s Lower East Side to the dance halls of sultry Francophone Tahiti, all the way to Antarcticaâ€™s blinding white and deadly freeze, Laurie Gwen Shapiroâ€™s The Stowaway takes you on the unforgettable voyage of a plucky young stowaway who became a Jazz Age celebrity, a mascot for an up-by-your bootstraps era.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781476753867
ReleaseDate 2018-01-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476753867

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781476753867
ReleaseDate	2018-01-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476753867

The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica

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