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Biography Max hastings wonders whether scott would still be seen as a hero if he had made it back from the south pole alive
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Scott of the Antarctic
BY DAVID CRANE
HARPER COLLINS, pounds 25, 480 pp
T pounds 23 ( pounds 1.25 p&p) 0870 428 4115
Robert Falcon Scott's career teetered uneasily on the brink of the
ridiculous. Until the day of his death at the age of 43 - much too
old to be hiking - he resembled a captain of games in one of Frank
Richards's school stories. Born in 1868 into a family of soon
impoverished Devon gentlefolk, ambitious and absurdly handsome, his
energy and charm wer...
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Biography Max hastings wonders whether scott would still be seen as a hero if he had made it back from the south pole alive
The Sunday Telegraph London
; Scott of the Antarctic BY DAVID CRANE HARPER COLLINS, pounds 25, 480 pp T pounds 23 ( pounds 1.25 p&p) 0870 428 4115 Robert Falcon Scott's career teetered uneasily on the brink of the ridiculous. Until the day of his death at the age of 43 - much too old to be hiking - he resembled a captain of
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PREP FOOTBALL: Gut-check time; Scott-Sherman rivalry among the best; FAST FACTS
Charleston Daily Mail
; Roll Tide? Although Scott defeated Sherman 48-6 on Friday, Sherman still leads the all-time series 45-35-5: 2005 Scott 48, Sherman 6 2004 Sherman 28, Scott 8 2003 Scott 25, Sherman 7 2002 Scott 14, Sherman 6 2001 Sherman 14, Scott 7 2000 Sherman 34, Scott 16 1999 Sherman 31, Scott 18 1998 Scott 14,
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Why self-pity cut no ice with Scott
Mail on Sunday
; Scott Of The Antarctic by David Crane HarperCollins Pounds 25 .Pounds 20 0870 165 0870) Scott of the Antarctic is seen today as the archetypal uptight Victorian. Modern commentators are nonplussed by his tendency to downplay his predicaments, and the stouthearted tone in which he wrote of his
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Of charters and justice: The social thought of F.R. Scott, 1930-1985
Journal of Canadian Studies
; Frank Scott was, arguably, Canada's most accomplished, all-round public intellectual of this century, with an expertise as constitutional lawyer, poet, civil libertarian and socialist. Scott's great impact on constitutional practice was, through his influence on Pierre Trudeau, on the 1982
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OBIT - SCOTT, GUY L.
Roanoke Times & World News
; SCOTT, Guy L., 75, of Roanoke, passed away Sunday, June 8, 2003. He was preceded in death by his former wife, Madeline V. Scott; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Scott; six brothers, Frank Scott, John P. Scott, Jr., Jessie S. Scott, Sidney W. Scott, Lewis W. Scott, John H. Scott and Charles R.
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Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage and Tragedy in the Extreme South.(Book review)
The Geographical Journal
; Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage and Tragedy in the Extreme South. By DAVID CRANE London: Harper Collins, 2005, 637 pp. [pounds sterling]25.00 ISBN 0 007 150687 As the Trafalgar commemorations in the UK slip below the horizon, the reinvigorated popular interest in naval heroics shows no
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Scott, Robert F. Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage and Tragedy.(Brief article)(Book review)
Biography
; Scott, Robert F. Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage and Tragedy. David Crane. New York: Knopf, 2006. 572 pp. $30.00. Crane is the biographer of the Byronic adventurer Edward Trelawny, and author of a forthcoming book on the nineteenth-century Royal Navy, which gives him an ideal background
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The personal account books of Sir Walter Scott.
Accounting Historians Journal
; Abstract: This study examines the personal account books of Sir Walter Scott, the world-renowned Scottish author, a topic not explored before by Scott scholars or accounting historians. It sets the account books in the context of Scott's accounting education and experience, which took place at the
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SCOTT'S FUTURE DEPENDS ON VIEW OF PAST; SOME BENNETT COLLEGE ALUMNAE PRAISE HER. SOME CASTIGATE HER. THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WILL TELL WHETHER BENNETT COLLEGE PRESIDENT GLORIA SCOTT WILL KEEP HER JOB.(GENERAL NEWS)
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
; Gloria Scott turned her head slowly, almost imperiously, until her gaze locked on and held the eyes of her questioner. Just the hint of an enigmatic smile whispered across her face. You never met anyone like me, she said. That's a statement that the beleaguered Bennett College president's admirers
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Biographer details determination of Antarctic explorer Scott
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
; Less than 100 years ago, two men were engaged in a rivalry that would take them, literally, to the end of the earth. Roald Amundsen of Norway and Great Britain's Robert Scott were racing to be the first to reach the South Pole. On Jan. 18, 1912, Scott arrived with four of his men. A photo shows
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