To search an electronic catalog you need the name of the author. This is an institutionalized form by which we must all follow to succeed in our quest. It would not make sense to search for the phone number or the publisher. The name of the author is the most appropriate and practical way, by which the catalogs are organized virtually.
The two elements of Shackleton's South! that are common traits of a memoir are the vivid description of the landscape and The first-person point of view or style of narration.
