Searching for Franklin: New Answers to the Great Arctic Mystery
by McGoogan, Ken
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1771623683
- ISBN 13
- 9781771623681
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Madeira Park, BC: Douglas & McIntyre. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2023. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1771623683 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 345 pages; "Drawing on his own research and Inuit oral accounts, McGoogan teases out many intriguing aspects of Franklins expeditions, including the explorers lethal hubris in ignoring the expert advice of the Dene leader Akaitcho. Franklin disappeared into the Arctic in 1845, yet people remain fascinated with his final doomed voyage: what happened? McGoogan will captivate readers with his first-hand account of travelling to relevant locations, visiting the graves of dead sailors and experiencing the Arcticone of the most dramatic and challenging landscapes on the planet." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21805
- Title
- Searching for Franklin: New Answers to the Great Arctic Mystery
- Author
- McGoogan, Ken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1771623683
- ISBN 13
- 9781771623681
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Place of Publication
- Madeira Park, BC
- Date Published
- 2023
- Keywords
- 1771623683, Sir John Franklin, Arctic
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration; NORTH;
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