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In the summer of 1870, Hazard Stevens and P. B. Van Trump set out to accomplish what no one had yet done: reach the summit of Mount Rainier. In this firsthand account, Stevens recounts their pioneering ascent of the massive Washington volcano, from the challenges of approaching the mountain to...

In 1910, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team set out on one of the most ambitious and perilous expeditions in the history of exploration: the race to reach the South Pole. In The Worst Journey in the World, expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard recounts the extraordinary story of...

Embark on a journey of unparalleled resilience and human spirit with Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition. In the icy grip of the Antarctic, Shackleton and his crew set out in 1914 on a quest to traverse the frozen continent. Yet, fate had other plans. As the Endurance became ensnared in the...

Theodore Roosevelt’s Citizenship in a Republic—often remembered for its famous “Man in the Arena” passage—is a stirring call to courage, responsibility, and active participation in public life. Delivered at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1910, Roosevelt challenges listeners to reject...