Shackleton, Emily & Hugh Robert Mill.

Rejoice My Heart: the making of H.R. Mill's 'The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton'; the private correspondence of Dr Hugh Robert Mill and Lady Shackleton, 1922-33.

Adelie Books Santa Monica, CA 2007 Preface by the Hon. Alexandra Shackleton. Introduction by T.H. Baugham. Editor's note by Michael H. Rosove. Produced in cooperation with the Scott Polar Institute, Cambridge. 500 unnumbered copies. Large 8vo; xxi, 142pp; 8 illustrations. Deep blue cloth-textured papered boards, spine lettered in silver, illustrated dustjacket. Fine (new). ISBN 9780970538628 ISBN ***On 18 April 1922, just over three months following Sir Ernest Shackleton’s death, Emily Shackleton, Sir Ernest’s widow, invited Hugh Robert Mill, the greatest Antarctic historian of his time, to write Sir Ernest’s biography. These two then embarked on a fast-paced project that would launch the first Shackleton biography a mere twelve months later. Their motivation was a mutual commitment to erecting a monument to the great explorer’s memory. They communicated mostly by the post and thus left a trail of their creative process. Their correspondence reveals facts about Sir Ernest, his family, and associates not found in the published works, and reveals their personalities and sensibilities. The Honourable Alexandra Shackleton provides some new facts about Lady Shackleton, her grandmother. Dr Baughman has written an informative biographical synopsis of Dr Mill; Dr Rosove provides background on the correspondence and editions of the biography and has annotated the correspondence.

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