9780307276568-0307276562-The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage

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

ISBN-13: 9780307276568
ISBN-10: 0307276562
Edition: Reprint
Author: Anthony Brandt
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Paperback 464 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780307276568
ISBN-10: 0307276562
Edition: Reprint
Author: Anthony Brandt
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Paperback 464 pages

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The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage (ISBN-13: 9780307276568 and ISBN-10: 0307276562), written by authors Anthony Brandt, was published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group in 2011. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Canada (United States History, Expeditions & Discoveries, World History, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Canada books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.52.

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After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been trying to do since the sixteenth century: find the fabled Northwest Passage. For the next thirty-five years the British Admiralty sent out expedition after expedition to probe the ice-bound waters of the Canadian Arctic in search of a route, and then, after 1845, to find Sir John Franklin, the Royal Navy hero who led the last of these Admiralty expeditions. Enthralling and often harrowing, The Man Who Ate His Boots captures the glory and the folly of this ultimately tragic enterprise.

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