Weird and Tragic Shores
Subtitle: The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: March 1, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780803279377
Subjects: Biography: general; Geographical discovery & exploration; c 1800 to c 1900; Explorers; Discovery And Exploration (General); Biography / Autobiography; Travel; History: American; Arctic regions; USA; Hall, Charles Francis,; Historical - U.S.; Hall, Charles Francis; History / General; Journeys; Biography; 1821-1871; Discovery and exploration; United States
First sentence: 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.