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

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

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.
Country USA
Brand Anchor Books
Manufacturer Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
Color White
ReleaseDate 2011-03-22
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780307276568

Country	USA
Brand	Anchor Books
Manufacturer	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2011-03-22
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780307276568

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