North With Franklin: The Lost Journals of James Fitzjames
by John Wilson

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Sir John Franklin and a handpicked crew of 129 set sail from England in search of a Northwest Passage over Canada's unforgiving Arctic. European eyes last saw the expedition in 1845 off the coast of Greenland. Search parties were sent and returned with chilling reports. Human remains, equipment, and sleds lay inexplicably scattered over long stretches of frozen shoreline. Subsequent investigation revealed evidence of cannibalism and a crew driven mad by the lead used to seal their foodstuffs. What had gone so terribly wrong?
Based on a series of letters written by expedition officer James Fitzjames -- to the wife of a close friend -- this unique work of fiction masterfully chronicles one of the most enduring mysteries of the grand era of Arctic exploration and sheds new light on the expedition and the fate of its crew. Set against a backdrop of hardy adventurers and high Arctic imagery, North with Franklin is both an engaging story of the triumphs and tragedy of the last Franklin expedition of 1845, and a reinterpretation of the men and events that comprised one of the great episodes in nineteenth-century exploration.

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ISBN-10:	1550414062
ISBN-13/EAN:	9781550414066
Author:	John Wilson
Publisher:	Canadian Publication Canada
Pages:	308
Size/Dimensions:	5.5x9.5x1
Binding:	Hard Cover