Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 1257 (1993) Category Antarctic; Author Seaver, George Title THE FAITH OF EDWARD WILSON OF THE ANTARCTIC. Publishing Information London: John Murray,1953. Description 4th printing; iv, 48 pages, frontispiece. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Previous owners signature dated 1955 on front end paper otherwise contents clean. Shelf wear, small repaired splits to dust jacket, covers clean. Noted artist, ornithologist, and companion of Scott who perished with him on the return from the South Pole. Seaver was greatly influenced by Wilson and said "All that I have ever tried to picture of a modern saintliness is realised in the figure of Edward Wilson", so in this book he looks at the religious beliefs of the great Antarctic explorer. It discusses his faith in God as well as his understanding of Darwin's evolutionary ideas. Price £20.00 Keywords Scott, expedition, South Pole, polar. S1-Ant ISBN Add this to your basket