The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Westarctica
The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Westarctica is a book written by Grand Duke Travis in 2012 about the history of Westarctica and its struggle to gain recognition as a sovereign nation.
Plot
The book is written as a first-person memoir and carefully details Travis' motivations for creating Westarctica as well as his early activities to turn the nation into something real.
The plot includes a long chapter about the period from 2006 - 2010, when Travis was not involved with Westarctica. This section includes statements from the Duke of Waesche as well as e-mail fragments to help piece together the events that occurred during that time.
Appendices
The book contains two appendices, one giving a list of all members of the Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica and the second showing a list of all knights and dames of the Order of the Snowflake. These sections are periodically updated with new names as new editions of the book are published.
Translations
A German version of the Sixth Edition was released in 2018. Westarctican and native German speaker Christian Seitz did the translation work.