title: Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition (Admiral Byrd Classics)
author: Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr.
description: <span><span>Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., (18881957) was a pioneering scientific explorer of the Antarctic continent and rear admiral in the United States Navy. He completed one of the first trans-Atlantic flights and flights to the North and South Poles. Byrd was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for heroism given by the United States.</span></span>
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  #  Copyright
  
  
  Copyright © 2021 by Edith Byrd
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
  mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without
  written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in
  a book review.
  
  
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  #  About Edith Byrd
  
  
  Edith Byrd comes from a long line of Ohio natives. She left her little Ohio
  only for educational purposes to study geography at Montreal where she also
  met her husband. Upon their marriage they both returned to Ohio where they’ve
  been living for the better part of the last two decades.
  
  
  For Edith, writing didn’t come naturally and she never had the strong urge to
  publish her thoughts. Her creativity sprung when her second-born son was
  diagnosed with Asperger’s, so she had to come up with alternatives for him to
  focus on any subject. This constant practice in creating stories for her son