Exploration

Great Lives

by Milton Lomask

Presents biographical sketches of twenty-five significant individuals in the history of world exploration, arranged alphabetically from Roald Amundsen to Amerigo Vespucci.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published November 30, 1988

About the author

Raised in Maquoketa, Iowa, Milton Nachman Lomask earned a BA in journalism at the University of Iowa. After working in a succession of newspaper jobs in Texas, St. Louis, New York City and Chicago, he earned an MA degree at Northwestern University in 1941. Lomask served in the United States Army's Chemical Warfare Service during World War II, after which he worked in advertising and publicity before quitting in 1950 to work full-time as a writer.

Reviews

[Kevin Keating · Rating 2 out of 5]

This probably wasn't the best book. Although I learned a few things about people I'd never heard of, most of the book was a little tedious.