The Man Who Ate His Boots
Download or Read eBook The Man Who Ate His Boots PDF written by Anthony Brandt and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Anthony Brandt |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2011-03-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780307276568 |
ISBN-13 | : 0307276562 |
Rating | : 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Man Who Ate His Boots by : Anthony Brandt
Book excerpt: 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.