Man Who Ate His Boots: Sir John Franklin and the Tragic History of the Northwest Passage

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Dozens of missions set out for the Arctic all the way through the primary half of the nineteenth century; all ended in failure and plenty of in disaster, as men found themselves starving to death within the freezing wilderness, now and again with nothing left to eat but their companions’ continues to be. Anthony Brandt traces your complete history of this noble and foolhardy obsession, which originated all the way through the sixteenth century, bringing vividly to life this record of courage and incompetence, privation and staying power, heroics and tragedy. Along the way in which he introduces us to an expansive cast of fascination characters: seamen and landlubbers, scientists and politicians, sceptics and tireless believers. “The Man Who Ate His Boots” is a wealthy and engaging work of narrative history – a multifaceted portrait of noble adventure and of imperialistic folly.

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