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Other names: ALEXANDER, Caroline
Birthdate: 1956-03-13
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
UK
Birthplace: Florida, USA
Places of residence: New Hampshire, USA
Northeast Harbor, Maine, USA
Education: Somerville College, Oxford University (1977)
Columbia University (PhD | 1991 | Classics)
Florida State University (BA)
Occupations: author
writer (The New Yorker, Granta, Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian, Outside, and National Geographic)
modern pentahlete
classicist
filmmaker
Relationships: Butler, George (partner, collaborator)
Organizations: National Geographic
New York Times
Smithsonian
Outside
University of Malawi (Founder | Department of Classics)
American Philological Association (show all 8)
Royal Geographical Society
Directors Guild of America
Awards and honors: Rhodes Scholar
Short biography: Lives on a farm in NH.

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The War That Killed Achilles in Ancient History (May 2010)

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The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of… by Caroline Alexander

60 years ago as a freshman in high school I read everything I could lay my hands on regarding the Iliad and the Trojan War. I have just relived my youth in reading "the War that Killed Achilles" with its dissection of the main scenes, accompanied by breathtaking insight and spectacular scolarship.

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cjneary | 21 other reviews | Jan 20, 2024 |

The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty by Caroline Alexander

Very informative true account of the Bounty mutiny and all the people connected to it. Not quite as simple as the movies or the Nordhoff and Hall trilogy which I read years ago. Very detailed. Bligh is not the brute he seems in the films and Christian is not quite the hero. Great book for a history buff.

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kslade | 29 other reviews | Dec 8, 2022 |

Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic expedition by Caroline Alexander

Great account of the Shackleton expedition, stuck in ice in Antarctica, just before World War One, and how they all survived.

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kslade | 39 other reviews | Dec 8, 2022 |

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic… by Caroline Alexander

Another great telling of the amazing Shackleton expedition. This one is special because it contains many of Hurley's photographs. Also in the final chapter, what happened to the participants after they returned from the Antarctic.

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Pferdina | 39 other reviews | Mar 20, 2022 |

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