Author: William ElderPublisher: Philadelphia : Childs & Peterson ; Boston : Phillips, Sampson
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Biography of Elisha Kent Kane
Author: William ElderPublisher: Philadelphia : Childs & Peterson ; Boston : Phillips, Sampson
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Biography of E. K. Kane
Author: William ELDER (M.D.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Eulogy on Thomas Dowse
Author: Edward EverettProceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Author: Massachusetts Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth
Author: Russell A. PotterPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228013372
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklin’s fateful expedition to the Arctic. The letters of the crew and their correspondents begin with the journey’s inception and early planning, going on to recount the ships’ departure from the river Thames, their progress up the eastern coast of Great Britain to Stromness in Orkney, and the crew’s exploits as far as the Whalefish Islands off the western coast of Greenland, from where the ships forever departed the society that sent them forth. As the realization dawned that something was amiss, heartfelt letters to the missing were sent with search expeditions; those letters, returned unread, tell poignant stories of hope. Assembled completely and conclusively from extensive archival research, including in far-flung family and private collections, the correspondence allows the reader to peer over the shoulders of these men, to experience their excitement and anticipation, their foolhardiness, and their fears. The Franklin expedition continues to excite enthusiasts and scholars worldwide. May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth provides new insights into the personalities of those on board, the significance of the voyage as they saw it, and the dawning awareness of the possibility that they would never return to British shores or their families.
The Publisher
Author: The Athenæum
Author: The Romantic Revolution in America, 1800-1860
Author: Vernon Louis ParringtonPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806120812
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Main Currents in American Thought will stand as a model for venturesome scholars for years to come. Readers and scholars of the rising generation may not follow Parrington’s particular judgments or point of view, but it is hard to believe that they will not still be captivated and inspired by his sparkle, his daring, and the ardor of his political commitment. In Volume II, The Romantic Revolution in America, 1800 - 1860, Parrington treats such influential figures as John Marshall, John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, Daniel Webster, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne
“The” Athenaeum
Author: The Romantic Revolution in America, 1800-1860
Author: Vernon Louis ParringtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description