George Frederick Cooke was a member of that select company of legendary actors – Garrick, Kemble, Henderson, Kean – who dominated the English stage during the late 18th and early…

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…

In this illustrated 1900 publication, Frederick Cook (1865-1940) gives a detailed account of his experiences on the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, the first to endure winter in the Antarctic. Cook, the…

When explorer Robert Peary returned from reaching the North Pole in 1909–his third attempt–he was shocked to learn Dr. Frederick Cook claimed to have reached it nearly a whole year…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

My Attainment Of The Pole: Being The Record Of The Expedition That First Reached The Boreal Center, 1907-1909. With The Final Summary Of The Polar Controversy This book is a…

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…