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Caroline Alexander (1)

This page covers the author of The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition.

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The Iliad (Translator, some editions) 34,242 copies, 345 reviews
The Worst Journey in the World (Introduction, some editions) 1,679 copies, 49 reviews
The Best American Travel Writing 2009 (Contributor) 113 copies, 3 reviews
Granta 51: Big Men (Contributor) 107 copies, 1 review
The Best American Magazine Writing 2007 (Contributor) 59 copies, 1 review
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition [2000 film] (Original book) 17 copies
National Geographic Magazine 2015 v227 #2 February (Contributor) 15 copies, 1 review
National Geographic Magazine 2016 v230 #1 July (Contributor) 12 copies
RDSELP v111 Angel Falls | The Endurance 2 copies
Encounters: Real Life Reading: Walk a Crooked Mile / Down Under / The… 1 copy
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1956-03-13
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female
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USA
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Florida, USA
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New Hampshire, USA
Northeast Harbor, Maine, USA
Education
Oxford University
Columbia University (PhD | Classics)
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writer (The New Yorker, Granta, Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian, Outside, and National Geographic)
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Butler, George (partner, collaborator)
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National Geographic
New York Times
Smithsonian
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University of Malawi (Founder | Department of Classics)
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Lives on a farm in NH.

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