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The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame

A Life of Louise Arner Boyd

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The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame

By: Joanna Kafarowski
Narrated by: Kate Mulligan
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The first comprehensive biography of Louise Arner Boyd - the intrepid American socialite who reinvented herself as the leading female polar explorer of the 20th century.

Born in the late 1880s to a gritty mining magnate who made his millions in the California gold rush and a well-bred mother descended from one of New York’s distinguished families, society beauty Louise Arner Boyd was raised during a glittering era.

After inheriting a staggering family fortune, she began leading a double life. She fell under the spell of the north in the late 1920s after a sailing excursion to the Arctic Ocean. Over the next three decades, she achieved international notoriety as a rugged and audacious polar explorer while maintaining her flamboyant lifestyle as a leading society woman. Yet despite organizing, financing, and directing seven daring Arctic expeditions between 1926 and 1955, she is virtually unknown today.

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What an inspirational woman!
Filled with passion, driven to explore and learn, Louise Boyd you are a true adventurer!

Inspiring & Interesting in so many ways.

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