Stowaway by Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Home |Register |Sign In Home Top Picks: All Books The Stowaway The Stowaway A Young Manâs Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica by Laurie Gwen Shapiro Price: $26.00 (Hardcover) Published: January 16, 2018 Rating: 0.0/ 5 (0 votes cast) From the Publisher: The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York’s Lower East Side who stowed away on the RoaringTwenties’ most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition toAntarctica.</p><p> It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun.</p><p> The Great War was over and American optimism was higher than the stock market.</p><p> What better moment to launch anexpedition to Antarctica, the planet’s final frontier? This was the moonlanding before the 1960s.</p><p> Everyone wanted to join the adventure.</p><p> Rockefellers and Vanderbilts begged to be taken along as mess boys, and newspapers across the globe covered the planning’s every stage.</p><p> The nightbefore the expedition’s flagship launched, Billy Gawronski—a skinny, firstgeneration New York City high schooler desperate to escape a drearyfuture in the family upholstery business—jumped into the Hudson River and snuck aboard.</p><p> Could he get away with it? From the grimy streets of New York’s Lower East Side to the rowdy dance halls of sultry FrancophoneTahiti, all the way to Antarctica’s blinding white and deadly freeze, LaurieGwen Shapiro’s The Stowaway takes you on the unforgettable voyage of a gutsy young stowaway who became an international celebrity, a mascotfor an up-by-your bootstraps age.</p><p> Rate This Book Add To Wishlist |Rate/Review Add To Bookshelf Get This Book Personalize / Add More ChoicesGo to your preferred retailer, click to choose a format and you' ll be taken directly to their site where you can get this book.</p><p> What We Say In the 1920s, a kid in high school became obsessed with the heroes of his day: men who went on dangerous journeys into unknown lands.</p><p> Billy Gawronski couldn't stop talking and talking about the triumphs of these explorers, especially RichardByrd.</p><p> When Byrd announced a trek to Antarctica, Billy was determined to take part.</p><p> Author Laurie Gwen Shapiro has a fun story to tell -- how can you resist a tale where a kid sneaks onto a ship to stowaway and promptly bumps into not one butShare This Book About The Author Laurie Gwen Shapiro Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist whose writing has appeared in New York , Slate , Aeon, The Forward , and the Los Angeles Review of Books .</p><p> The Stowaway is her first full-length work of nonfiction.</p><p> Release Info List Price: $26.00 (Hardcover) Published: January 16, 2018 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 256 ISBN 10: 1476753865 ISBN 13: 9781476753867TWO other people doing the same damn thing? Nonetheless, the fact that Gawronski is long dead and the remaining documents about him offer thin material means this book is padded with extraneous detail.</p><p> It also gives short shrift toanother young voyager who probably deserves better but is treated like a nominal villain.</p><p> What would have been a fascinating article that might have left us wanting more has become a book that leaves us wanting a little less.</p><p> Still, it's entertaining, interesting and will satisfy those who are as crazy for adventures into parts unknown as the young Billy. --Michael Giltz What Others Say “Shapiro has rescued from oblivion a wondrous tale of exploration.</p><p> The Stowaway is a thrilling adventure that captures not only the making of a man but of a nation.” — David Grann, bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon - “The Stowaway proves that fact is stranger and funnier and more amazing than fiction.</p><p> Laurie Gwen Shapiro artfully draws the reader into the tale of Billy Gawronski, a dreamer and adventurer.</p><p> Through the wild story of his travels to Antarctica, we see history come vividly to life.” — Susan Orlean, bestselling author of Rin Tin Tin - “Laurie Gwen Shapiro wrote The Stowaway like a Jack London novel: with a sense of adventure, wonderful detail, a lineup of intriguing characters, and above all a great story.</p><p> This is the best of nonfiction.” — Mark Kurlansky, bestselling author of Paper - “What has the world come to when sled dogs and short wave radio mix, when wooden sailing barks compete withaeroplanes, when ‘Eskimos’ figuratively dance with flappers, and all of this is captured and disseminated by thefirst public relations hucksters? Laurie Gwen Shapiro’s The Stowaway is magnificent.” — Bob Drury & Tom Clavin, bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is - “The Stowaway tells one of the most engaging, but forgotten, stories from the Age of Exploration.</p><p> A fascinating and charming book—I highly recommend it!”— Douglas Preston, bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God - “Laurie Gwen Shapiro's The Stowaway is full of twists, turns, and moments of pure wonder—both joy to read and a surprisingly insightful tale of scientific exploration at its generous and courageous best.” — Deborah Blum, bestselling author of The Poisoner’s Handbook - “A gripping, gritty, mischievous tale from an age of exploration and wonder.</p><p> The Stowaway makes real history read like a boy’s adventure novel.” — Kevin Baker, bestselling author of Paradise Alley - What You Say Filter by No Reviews Found ..... about us |faq|advertise |privacy policy |newsletter |contact us ©2018, BookBuddha LLc.</p><p> All Rights Reserved.