{"product_id":"9781459739727","title":"The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame: A Life of Louise Arner Boyd","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive biography of Louise Arner Boyd — the intrepid American socialite who reinvented herself as the leading female polar explorer of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  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.","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183410036976,"sku":"9781459739727","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781459739727_p0.jpg?v=1763878539","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781459739727","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}