The explorer and the journalist : Frederick Cook, Philip Gibbs and the scandal that shocked the world
Evans, Richard (Former journalist)2023
Books, Manuscripts
On 1 September 1909, a telegram from American explorer Frederick Cook caused perhaps the biggest sensation in polar exploration history. With no word from Cook for over a year, here came the news that not only had he survived his Arctic expedition, but he had claimed one of the great prizes in exploration by becoming the first person to reach the North Pole. Cook was instantly transformed into a hero. And with his boat due to arrive in Copenhagen a few days later, the world's journalists scrambled to get there in time to meet him. One of those journalists was Philip Gibbs, a young reporter for the Daily Chronicle in London, who had a chance encounter in a Copenhagen café that led to him getting an exclusive interview with Cook before he reached land. But Gibbs left the interview doubting Cook's story, and so in his subsequent article by made it clear he thought Cook might be lying.
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Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2023.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781803991931 (hbk)
Dewey class:
910.91632910.916
LC class:
G635.C66
Language:
English
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BRN:
3458216
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