Explorers House: National Geographic and the World It Made - Softcover

Poole, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143035932 ISBN 13: 9780143035930

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2006

Synopsis

A colorful history of the National Geographic Society traces its evolution from its 1888 beginnings to its evolution into the esteemed and iconic American institution of the present day, profiling the Grosvenor family dynasty that created the institution's photography-based monthly and examining the inner workings of the magazine's innovative articles and the explorations they have covered. Reprint.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"A wonderfully subtle and exhaustive—and even shocking—portrait of an age and of an institution."
—Paul Theroux

"A great journey."
—Caroline Alexander, author of The Bounty and The Endurance

About the Author:

Robert M. Poole retired as executive editor of National Geographic in 2001 after a twenty-one-year career there. In addition, Poole has contributed articles to the New York Times and the Washington Post, among other publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0143035932
• ISBN 13: 9780143035930
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368