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Man Who Ate His Boots: Sir John Franklin and the Tragic History of the Northwest Passage
Man Who Ate His Boots Sir John Franklin and the Tragic History of the Northwest Passage
Author: Anthony Brandt
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 obsess...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780224082310
ISBN-10: 0224082310
Publication Date: 5/1/2011
Pages: 464
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Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Book Type: Hardcover
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