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Richard Evelyn Byrd

(Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957)

Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. He is also known for discovering Mount Sidley, the largest dormant volcano in Antarctica. (From Wikipedia)

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Goerler, Raimund E. (Raimund Erhard), 1948-

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Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 -- Diaries

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To the Pole: The Diary and Notebook of Richard E. Byrd, 1925-1927 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1998), by Richard Evelyn Byrd, ed. by Raimund E. Goerler (PDF files with commentary at Ohio State Press)

2 additional books about Richard Evelyn Byrd in the extended shelves:

Dick Byrd--air explorer. (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1928), by Fitzhugh Green (page images at HathiTrust)
A farewell to Commander Byrd (Coward-McCann, 1929), by William Arthur Macdonald (page images at HathiTrust)

Books by Richard Evelyn Byrd:

Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957: To the Pole: The Diary and Notebook of Richard E. Byrd, 1925-1927 (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1998), ed. by Raimund E. Goerler (PDF files with commentary at Ohio State Press)

Additional books by Richard Evelyn Byrd in the extended shelves:

Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957: Into the home of the blizzard ([New York], 1928) (page images at HathiTrust)
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957: Nad ︠I︡Uzhnym pol︠i︡usom (Leningrad : Izd-vo Glavsevmorputi, 1935., 1928) (page images at HathiTrust)
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957: Skyward; man's mastery of the air as shown by the brilliant flights of America's leading air explorer. His life, his thrilling adventures, his North pole and trans-Atlantic flights, together with his plans for conquering the Antarctic by air (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928), also by Corey Ford (page images at HathiTrust)
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957: Skyward; man's mastery of the air as shown by the brilliant flights of America's leading air explorer. His life, his thrilling adventures, his North pole and trans-Atlantic flights, together with his plans for conquering the Antarctic by air (Blue Ribbon books, 1937) (page images at HathiTrust)
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957: Skyward; man's mystery of the air as shown by the brilliant flights of America's leading air explorer. (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1928) (page images at HathiTrust)

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