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Weird and Tragic Shores
The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer
Taschenbuch von Chauncey Loomis
Sprache: Englisch , Französisch

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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 any westerner had ever gone before. But Hall was suddenly taken ill on that voyage and died under mysterious circumstances.

Ninety-seven years later, Chauncey Loomis headed an expedition to Hall's grave in northwestern Greenland. He exhumed Hall's frozen body and performed an autopsy. His findings suggest that the investigators of Hall's death nervously sidestepped the damning evidence. Loomis has written a masterful biography-cum-mystery that brilliantly evokes the lure of the Arctic and the brutal contest between man and nature.

With a new Introduction by Andrea Barrett, author of The Voyage of the Narwhal
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 any westerner had ever gone before. But Hall was suddenly taken ill on that voyage and died under mysterious circumstances.

Ninety-seven years later, Chauncey Loomis headed an expedition to Hall's grave in northwestern Greenland. He exhumed Hall's frozen body and performed an autopsy. His findings suggest that the investigators of Hall's death nervously sidestepped the damning evidence. Loomis has written a masterful biography-cum-mystery that brilliantly evokes the lure of the Arctic and the brutal contest between man and nature.

With a new Introduction by Andrea Barrett, author of The Voyage of the Narwhal
Über den Autor
Chauncey Loomis
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780375755255
ISBN-10: 037575525X
Sprache: Englisch
Französisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Loomis, Chauncey
Hersteller: Random House Publishing Group
Maße: 216 x 140 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Chauncey Loomis
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2000
Gewicht: 0,543 kg
Artikel-ID: 109547542
Über den Autor
Chauncey Loomis
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780375755255
ISBN-10: 037575525X
Sprache: Englisch
Französisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Loomis, Chauncey
Hersteller: Random House Publishing Group
Maße: 216 x 140 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Chauncey Loomis
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2000
Gewicht: 0,543 kg
Artikel-ID: 109547542
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