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    Reference 4364 (2465)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Brandt, Anthony
    Title The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the search for the Northwest Passage
    Publishing Information New York: Knopf Publishing Group, March 2010 9780307263926
    Description 1st Edition: xvi, 441 pages, maps, b/w pictures. Includes Chronological list of explorations 1818-1880. Shelf wear, appears unread. "In The Man Who Ate His Boots, Anthony Brandt tells the 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. Sir John Franklin is the focus of the book but it covers all the major expeditions and a number of fascinating characters, including Franklins extraordinary wife, Lady Jane, in vivid detail. The Man Who Ate His Boots is a rich and engaging work of narrative history that captures the glory and the folly of this ultimately tragic enterprise."
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