Author : Richard Perry
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333620134
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (21 download)
Book Synopsis The Jeannette by : Richard Perry
Download or read book The Jeannette written by Richard Perry and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Jeannette: And a Complete and Authentic Narrative Encyclopedia of All Voyages and Expeditions to the North Polar Regions; Containing a Complete Account of the Most Remarkable Examples of Heroism, Endurance and Suffering on Record The universal interest in Arctic exploration which has neen aroused by the melancholy fate of the Jeannette, her commander, and so large a portion of her crew, has suggested the writing of this work. While this has been its direct and immediate inspiration it was deemed advisable to enlarge its Scope so as to include similar and correlated voyages from the earliest period. It has been written in sympathy with the heroic efforts of the explorers who in every age have labored in this field for the enlarge ment of human knowledge. The general interest in literature of this kind is legitimate and even commendable. A wholesome and bracing intellectual tonic, it energizes the mind. The reading of such works cannot produce other than good results. Free from the tedium of minute chronology and burdensome detail, they possess all the most attractive elements of history, biography and travel - a triple combination unsurpassed even by poetry, fiction or romance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.