Dead Reckoning by Helen Whybrow
Richard Burton makes a forbidden pilgrimage to Mecca; Mary Kingsley wanders alone in the jungles of West Africa; Fridtjof Nansen tries to walk to the North Pole; Mary Mummery describes a harrowing first ascent in the Alps; Francis Parkman hunts buffalo with the Sioux in the Black Hills. This remarkable collection contains stories from the most compelling and celebrated odysseys of the century, some of them long-forgotten classics of their time. From polar navigation to the search for the source of the Nile to the first crossing of the Himalayas to a quest for the origin of species, this book ranges the globe and captures the restlessness of the human spirit. "What emerges again and again in the writings Whybrow has compiled are not the ways in which an explorer destroys or inflates or distorts but the ways an explorer comes to see."—Edward Rothstein, New York Times
"This is an ideal book for armchair travellers.." The Times "The writings of the 19th century pioneers survive, and Dead Reckoning is an excellent introduction." Mike Higgins and Robin Barton, Independent on Sunday, Christmas Books "Dead Reckoning is an easy train journey sort of read." Fergus Fleming, The Times Literary Supplement
Helen Whybrow lives in Waitsfield, Vermont. Her other collections include Our Land, Ourselves: Readings on People and Place.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393326536 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393326535 |
| Title | Dead Reckoning |
| Author | Helen Whybrow |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2005-05-17 |
| Number of pages | 568 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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