The solitude of Thomas Cave
By: Georgina Harding
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury; Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781596912724
Subjects: Fiction; Memory; Solitude; Whalers (Persons); Survival skills
Description: In 1616, the crew of an English whaling ship prepares to sail home, except for Thomas Cave, who has accepted a wager from his shipmates--to endure a winter alone on an Arctic island--and prepares for months of solitude and harsh weather.