Weird and Tragic Shores
The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer
$43.99
- Paperback
392 pages
- Release Date
18 May 2000
Summary
In 1860, fifteen years after Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated expedition disappeared in the Arctic, a Cincinnati businessman named Charles Francis Hall set out to locate and rescue the expedition’s survivors. He was an amateur explorer, without any scientific training or experience, but he was driven by a sense of personal destiny and of religious and patriotic mission. Despite the odds against him, he made three forays into the far North, the final—and fatal—one taking him farther north than an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375755255 |
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| ISBN-10: | 037575525X |
| Author: | Chauncey Loomis, Andrea Barrett |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 392 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 18 May 2000 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Exploration |
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Critics Review
“Fascinating.”–The Boston Globe “Spellbinding.”–Library Journal “One of the best Arctic narratives ever written.”–David Roberts
“Fascinating.”–The Boston Globe
“Spellbinding.”–Library Journal
“One of the best Arctic narratives ever written.”–David Roberts
About The Author
Chauncey Loomis
Chauncey Loomis was born in New York in 1930 and studied at Phillips Exeter Academy and Princeton (A.B., Ph.D.) and Columbia universities (M.A.). He came to exploration through his interest in photography and has been on three expeditions to the Peruvian Andes and five to the Arctic. He recently retired after teaching English at Dartmouth College for thirty-six years. He lives in Massachusetts.
Jon Krakauer is the author of Into Thin Air, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and Into the Wild. His work has appeared in many magazines, including Outside, Smithsonian, and National Geographic. He chose the books in the Modern Library Exploration series for their literary merit and historical significance–and because he found them such a pleasure to read.
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