Polar Books Catalogue

  • Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Miscellaneous; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Other travel; Whaling;

    Search for a book by author or title

    one or two words from the title should be enough
    + ensures a word is present, - excludes it
    Putting your search in " " means the exact phrase is searched

    I.e. South Polar brings all titles that have South and/or Polar in them whilst "South Polar" will only bring those titles up that have South Polar in that order in them
    Click for Full Size image: 300 x 225 (42180 bytes)
    Select for Full Size image: 300 x 225 (42180 bytes) Select for Full Size image: 300 x 225 (33531 bytes) Select for Full Size image: 300 x 225 (38687 bytes) Select for Full Size image: 300 x 225 (39547 bytes)
    Reference 2420 (1488)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Loomis, Chauncey C.
    Title WEIRD AND TRAGIC SHORES; The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer
    Publishing Information New York: Alfred A. Knopf,1971. 0394451317
    Description 1st Edition: xiv, 367pages, xii index, illustrated, 16 b/w photographs, 2 maps. Cream cloth covers with gilt titling to spine in pictorial unclipped dustjacket. Some brown spotting to top of covers otherwise contents clean. The story of Charles Francis Hall, a 19th century Cincinnati businessman who threw up his career as a printer and publisher, left behind his wife and family, and embarked on an extraordinary expedition to the Arctic without any experience or specialised knowledge. In all he made three sorties, beginning with an under-financed search for the lost seamen of the British Franklin expedition and ending in a disastrous attempt to reach the North Pole. This final expedition was backed by the Grant Administration and ended in tragedy. Hall himself died during the attempt, possibly poisoned. In 1968 his body was exhumed 97 years after its burial in the Arctic, and the author was present at the autopsy.
    Price £20.00
    Keywords eskimo, arctic, S1-Arc
    ISBN
    Add this to your basket