About this title: Pierre Berton has written a revisionist history of the search for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, which covers the entire period from the expedition of William Edward Parry to that of Robert Peary in a single volume.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 1988-11-01
ISBN-13:9780670824915ISBN:0670824917
Description: Very Good. Very good hardcover in good dj. Pages and covers are clean, crisp and unmarked. Dj shows some edge wear and tanning.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Hardcover--cloth
Publisher: Viking Press,, New York, New York:
Date Published: 1988.
ISBN-13:9780670824915ISBN:0670824917
Description: Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, xiii + 797 pages; white quearter-cloth. A near fine clean hard cover with light shelf wear, but a light blush of foxing to the exterior fore-edges, bindings tight, paper cream white, with an inscription from the previous owner on the half-title. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the price clipped. read more
Edition: Number Line 10987654321
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780140116809ISBN:014011680X
Description: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 9 1/4 X 6. Pages are tight, bright and clean. Binding firm and straight. Covers, edges and corners very good. 672 pages, indexed No conspicuous wear. If needed for reference, research, analysis, dissertation or just enjoyment, this is the one. Illustrated with forty-four maps & thirteen B/W drawings. Pages are tight, bright, and clean. Binding firm and straight. Covers, edges and corners very good. 472 pages No conspicuous wear. If needed for reference, research, ... read more
Edition: First American Edition [stated]. First printing [stated].
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking, New York
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780670824915ISBN:0670824917
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Signed by previous owner. DJ has slight wear and soiling, with small edge wear. Minor scuffs on rear end pages. xii, 13-672 p. Maps. Illustrations. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. Covering the entire period of exploration from the expedition of William Edward Perry in 1818 to that of Robert Peary in a single volume, Pierre Berton has written a revisionist history of the search for the Northwest passage and the North Pole. read more
"Wow - From the outside, this book like it will be dry and text-like (it's over 600 pages, as well). However, it's really a very interesting story, told very well by the author. I continues to amaze me how expedition after expedition suffered innumerable hardships because they refused to learn from the natives. I'd definitely recommend this to people who like books about travel/history/exploration."
"Fantastic storytelling. Quite a narrative of incredibly brave, incredibly foolhardy British explorers (and others) sailing off to their doom. Lots of astonishing tales of survival against ridiculous odds. Each one would make a good book (and in some cases has--see Stephen Heighton's "Afterlands"). Makes me want to read more Berton."
"I started my exploration of the arctic (armchair version) two years at the age of 75.I soon discovered the North West Passage,and became engrossed in the history of the many attempts to find a way through it. Pierre Bertons "The Arctic Grail"soon became my "bible",and provided me with with all pointers for my exploration. I could not be without it."
"Too many of the British would-be Arctic explorers seemed to refuse to learn anything from their predecessors; Sir John Franklin's expedition was just one of many that needlessly ended in tragedy."
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