Bown, Stephen R

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White Eskimo

Knud Rasmussen's fearless journey into the heart of the Arctic
  • Bown, Stephen R
2015
A biography of explorer and ethnographer Knud Rasmussen.
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A most damnable invention

dynamite, nitrates, and the making of the modern world
  • Bown, Stephen R
2005
Examines the history and development of dynamite created by Alfred Nobel in the 1860s, and describes its influence on warfare and in the mining and construction business.

The last Viking

the life of Roald Amundsen
  • Bown, Stephen R
2012
Chronicles the life and career of Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole.
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