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WEIRD AND TRAGIC SHORES; The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer
by Loomis, Chauncey C
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394451317
- ISBN 13
- 9780394451312
- Seller
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About This Item
Macmillan Ltd.,, New York, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Edition: xiv, 367pages, xii index, illustrated, 16 b/w photographs, 2 maps. Cream cloth covers with gilt titling to spine in pictorial unclipped dust jacket. 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. This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 0394451317. ISBN/EAN: 9780394451312. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2420. . 9780394451312
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2420
- Title
- WEIRD AND TRAGIC SHORES; The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer
- Author
- Loomis, Chauncey C
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394451317
- ISBN 13
- 9780394451312
- Publisher
- Macmillan Ltd.,
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- BZDB349 eskimo, arctic, Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Unbranded ISBN: 0394451317 EAN: 9780394451312 Loomis, Chauncey C. WEIRD AND TRAGIC SHORES; The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer
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- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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