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The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage

Anthony Brandt

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The enthralling, often harrowing story of the adventurers who searched in vain for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of nineteenth-century British exploration.

Dozens of missions set out for the Arctic during the first half of the nineteenth century; all ended in failure and many in disaster, as men found themselves starving to death in the freezing wilderness, sometimes with nothing left to eat but their companions' remains. Anthony Brandt traces the complete history of this noble and foolhardy obsession, which originated during the sixteenth century, bringing vividly to life this record of courage and incompetence, privation and endurance, heroics and tragedy. Along the way he introduces us to an expansive cast of fascinating characters: seamen and landlubbers, scientists and politicians, skeptics and tireless believers.

The Man Who Ate His Boots is a rich and engaging work of narrative history--a multifaceted portrait of noble adventure and of imperialistic folly.

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Pages:: 441 pages

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Edition:: First Edition ~1st Printing

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0307263924

ISBN13:: 9780307263926

kindle Asin:: B0036S4E46

The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage

Anthony Brandt

3.87/5 (920 ratings)

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The enthralling, often harrowing story of the adventurers who searched in vain for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of nineteenth-century British exploration.

Dozens of missions set out for the Arctic during the first half of the nineteenth century; all ended in failure and many in disaster, as men found themselves starving to death in the freezing wilderness, sometimes with nothing left to eat but their companions' remains. Anthony Brandt traces the complete history of this noble and foolhardy obsession, which originated during the sixteenth century, bringing vividly to life this record of courage and incompetence, privation and endurance, heroics and tragedy. Along the way he introduces us to an expansive cast of fascinating characters: seamen and landlubbers, scientists and politicians, skeptics and tireless believers.

The Man Who Ate His Boots is a rich and engaging work of narrative history--a multifaceted portrait of noble adventure and of imperialistic folly.

Format:

Pages:: 441 pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: First Edition ~1st Printing

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0307263924

ISBN13:: 9780307263926

kindle Asin:: B0036S4E46

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