The Horn Book Guide

OLDER FICTION

Farr, Richard

Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910–13

217 pp. | Farrar | October, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-31975-5 $19.95

(2) YA The story of Scott's tragic South Pole quest is here retold as a fictional memoir by one of the expedition members, Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Based on "Cherry's" own memoir, Farr's revisioning is an enthralling tale, told with immediacy and verve. It's also a rewardingly intimate view of the members of the doomed Polar Party. Plentiful archival photographs and maps are interspersed. Timeline. Bib.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2008