'One of the best novels of the decade' Kirkus 'A stunning novel' Publishers Weekly 'It is among the most emotionally wrenching, subtle works of the century' amazon.com Many an ambitious Victorian voyager was mesmerized northwards to the Pole and Zeke Voorhees, an irrepressible young man brought up on marine yarns, is one such. His own inherent magnetism gathers to him a ship's crew as varied and as intriguing as the polar flora and fauna two of their number are so keen to observe as natural historians. Voorhees sets his ...
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'One of the best novels of the decade' Kirkus 'A stunning novel' Publishers Weekly 'It is among the most emotionally wrenching, subtle works of the century' amazon.com Many an ambitious Victorian voyager was mesmerized northwards to the Pole and Zeke Voorhees, an irrepressible young man brought up on marine yarns, is one such. His own inherent magnetism gathers to him a ship's crew as varied and as intriguing as the polar flora and fauna two of their number are so keen to observe as natural historians. Voorhees sets his ship's course in the wake of Franklin's infamous expedition in search of an Open Polar Sea, but the Narwhal soon runs into difficulties all its own. Meanwhile, back home in a New England humming with new ideas, all is frustration for the women the brave explorers leave behind...A brilliant portrait of a society obsessed with mapping and classifying everything under the sun -- including the icy Arctic -- where the emancipation of women and the evolution of species are the next great revolutions just stirring into life; and where a man (but not a woman) becomes a man by being outward bound, an adventurer, an explorer; and where millions are eager to hear these heroes' tales of peril on the seas, on the ice.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Fine condition. Flamingo, 1999. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with a b/w map inside the front and back cover, b/w photos, drawings. The book is new with light shelf wear on the outer edges of the pages(slightly yellow), small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first page of the book.399pp including List of illustrations, note on the illustrations. Price un-clipped.
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VG+ 8vo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased); pp. 400 (last blank), with illustrations & map. A very good copy. A novel concerning the search for Franklin.
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Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Book 0002257939 First edition, First printing. NOT inscribed, price clipped or otherwise marked. Number line starting with a "1". Dust jacket in a protective cover and securely wrapped and shipped in a box.
The biggest reason I picked up this book, is the gorgeous cover. It's a great addition to the bookshelf, but after starting it, I don't feel too guilty that that is where I left it for so long. At almost four hundred pages, the ship's cabins are an awfully small space for the reader's mind. With some snipets going back and forth with the women waiting, and some interaction with the locals, most of the story takes place on the ship. It is a geniune feel, the restlessness, the dreams that don't live up, the deceit of leadership and crew mates. I would recommend this book for people interested in northern geography and ship lore, but not for the casual reader.
