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

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

Anthony Brandt

464 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

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 Britis...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...