Farther than any man
Subtitle: the rise and fall of Captain James Cook
By: Martin Dugard.
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel.; Voyages around the world.; Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "James Cook never laid eyes on the sea until he was in his teens. He then began an extraordinary rise from farmboy outsider to the hallowed rank of captain of the Royal Navy, leading three historic journeys that would forever link his name with fearless exploration (and inspire pop-culture heroes like Captain Hook and Captain James T. Kirk).

In Farther Than Any Man, noted modern-day adventurer Martin Dugard strips away the myth of Cook and instead portrays a complex, conflicted man of tremendous ambition (at times to a fault), intellect (though Cook was routinely underestimated) and sheer hardheadedness."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Newport, Rhode Island; title: Part one : Land of hopes and dreams.; title: Land of hopes and dreams; title: Adam raised Cain; title: In the navy; title: Politics; title: Part two : Endeavour : living on the edge of the world.; title: The great Endeavour; title: Rio; title: The promised land; title: Rendezvous; title: Coasting on the edge of the world; title: Trapped; title: Part three : First resolution : farther than any man.; title: Local hero; title: Ice; title: Cannibals; title: The forbidden lands; title: Homeward bound; title: Part four : Last resolution.; title: Fame; title: The call of adventure; title: Rum, sodomy, and the lash; title: North; title: Lono; title: Epilogue: Captain Cook, Hawaii