The mythic American explorer Admiral Byrd emerges from this tough re-evaluation flawed but intact -- despite his many ill-supported claims, giant ego, and the prodigious praise heaped upon his considerable shoulders during his lifetime. This book is a vivid account of the 1928-31 Antarctic expedition, a provocative portrait of the flesh-and-blood leader and tale well told of "Little America," the first U.S. base in the Antarctic.  (ANT95, $18.95)