1999, ISBN: 0393319504

[EAN: 9780393319507], Neubuch, [PU: W. W. Norton & Company, New York], Paperback. Capturing a crucial moment in the history of exploration, the mid-nineteenth century romance with the Arc… Plus…

[EAN: 9780393319507], Neubuch, [PU: W. W. Norton & Company, New York], Paperback. Capturing a crucial moment in the history of exploration, the mid-nineteenth century romance with the Arctic, Andrea Barrett focuses on a particular expedition and its accompanying scholar-naturalist, Erasmus Darwin Wells. Through his eyes, we meet the Narwhal's crew and its commander-obsessed with the search for an open polar sea-and encounter the far-north culture of the Esquimaux. In counterpoint, we see the women left behind in Philadelphia, explorers only in imagination. Together, those who travel and those who stay weave a web of myth and mystery. And finally they discover-as all explorers do-not what was always there and never needed discovering, but the state of their own souls. Delving into the history of Arctic exploration, this book follows the crew and commander of a ship searching for the open polar sea, as seen through the eyes of a scholar-naturalist. 16 steel engravings. Map. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability., Books<

ISBN: 9780393319507

A luminous work of historical fiction that explores the far reaches of the Arctic and of men's souls. —Denver PostCapturing a crucial moment in the history of exploration—the … Plus…

A luminous work of historical fiction that explores the far reaches of the Arctic and of men's souls. —Denver PostCapturing a crucial moment in the history of exploration—the mid-nineteenth century romance with the Arctic—Andrea Barrett's compelling novel tells the story of a fateful expedition. Through the eyes of the ship's scholar-naturalist, Erasmus Darwin Wells, we encounter the Narwhal's crew, its commander, and the far-north culture of the Esquimaux. In counterpoint, we meet the women left behind in Philadelphia, explorers only in imagination. Together, those who travel and those who stay weave a web of myth and mystery, finally discovering what they had not sought, the secrets of their own hearts. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction>Literary Fict, Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. Core >1<