Weird and Tragic Shores: The Story of Charles... by Chauncey C. Loomis

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In 1860, fifteen years after Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition disappeared in the Arctic, an obscure Cincinnati businessman named Charles Francis Hall set out to locate and rescue the expedition's survivors. He was an amateur explorer, without any scientific training or experience, but... read more

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Charles Francis Hall was twenty-seven years old when he arrived in Cincinnati in 1849 with very little money, few possessions, and a young wife named Mary.

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Chauncey C. Loomis (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
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Publication Date: 1971
ISBN: 0394451317
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Dewey: 919.804092

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Books › Travel › Polar Regions › Arctic
Books › History › Australia & Oceania › Polar Regions
Books › Science › Earth Sciences › Geography
Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Historical › United States
Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Adventurers & Explorers
Books › History › World

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