Finding Franklin
Subtitle: The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search
By: Russell A. Potter
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780773547841
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Erebus (Ship); Shipwrecks; British; Discovery and exploration
First sentence: In the long course of human history, there are any number of people who have become lost, whose ships have sunk in uncharted waters, whose tombs have been buried by desert sands or jungle undergrowth, or who, perhaps, just stepped outside one day to take an afternoon walk and never returned.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-255) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: ix; title: Editorial Notes
pagenum: xi; title: Introduction
pagenum: xiii; label: 1
title: The Man Who Ate His Boots
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: Bones
pagenum: 21; label: 3
title: Papers
pagenum: 35; label: 4
title: Provisions
pagenum: 53; label: 5
title: Maps
pagenum: 65; label: 6
title: Rae
pagenum: 83; label: 7
title: Hall
pagenum: 99; label: 8
title: Schwatka
pagenum: 117; label: 9
title: The Search Renewed
pagenum: 137; label: 10
title: Ranford
pagenum: 155; label: 11
title: Woodman
pagenum: 171; label: 12
title: Ice
pagenum: 189; label: 13
title: Inuit
pagenum: 201; title: Epilogue: Last Man Searching
pagenum: 215; title: Appendix: Franklin Searches, 1845–2051
pagenum: 221; title: Notes
pagenum: 233; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 249; title: Index
pagenum: 257