The man who ate his boots the tragic history of the search for the Northwest Passage

Brandt tells the fascinating whole story of the search for the Northwest Passage, from its beginnings early in the age of exploration through its development into a British national obsession to the final sordid, terrible descent into scurvy, starvation, and cannibalism.

Main Author:	Brandt, Anthony.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Subjects:	Explorers > Northwest Passage > History. Explorers > Arctic regions. Northwest Passage > Discovery and exploration. Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration.

Summary:	Brandt tells the fascinating whole story of the search for the Northwest Passage, from its beginnings early in the age of exploration through its development into a British national obsession to the final sordid, terrible descent into scurvy, starvation, and cannibalism.
Physical Description:	xvi, 441 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780307263926 0307263924
Author Notes:	Anthony Brandt is the editor of the Adventure Classics series published by National Geographic Society Press, and the books editor at National Geographic Adventure magazine. Formerly the book critic at Men's Journal, Brandt has written for The Atlantic, GQ, Esquire, and many other magazines, and is the author of two previous books. He lives in Sag Harbor, New York.

The man who ate his boots the tragic history of the search for the Northwest Passage

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