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

Poole, Robert M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594200327 ISBN 13: 9781594200328

Publisher: Penguin Press, 2004

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. 30,000 first printing.

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 as a writer and editor there. In addition to his work for National Geographic, Poole has contributed articles to The New York Times, The Washington Post, Congressional Quarterly, Preservation, and Fly Fisherman. Before joining the National Geographic staff in 1980, he was a newspaper correspondent specializing in national politics and the environment. He is a former fellow at the Washington Journalism Center.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1594200327
• ISBN 13: 9781594200328
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 375