Dead Reckoning
Subtitle: Great Adventure Writing from the Golden Age of Exploration, 1800-1900 (Outside Books)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: November 4, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780393010541
First sentence: The recounting of a journey and its ensuing mysteries and hardships is the oldest form of storytelling, and yet it never feels worn.