Best Book: A Stowaway Ukulele Revealed: Richard Konter & the Byrd Polar Expeditions Books & Reprints

Follow the story of a Martin 1K Ukulele and the magnificent journey that took it around the country and onboard the first-ever flight over the North Pole on May 9, 1926. Painstakingly researched by Larry Bartram and Martin’s own Dick Boak, this must-have for any musician with a love of travel recounts Richard Konter’s travels far and wide and the stories behind some of the 150 autographs that would go on to adorn his beloved Martin ukulele.

• Hardcover
• 304 pages