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Great Adventure Writing from the Golden Age of Exploration, 1800-1900
W. W. Norton
November 2002
On Sale: November 4, 2002
416 pages
ISBN: 0393010546
EAN: 9780393010541
Hardcover
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A collection of stories from the nineteenth century's most
legendary voyages of discovery. For intensity of geographical exploration and wealth of
first-rate adventure writing by intrepid men and women, the
nineteenth century stands alone. This definitive collection
contains thirty-five stories from the most compelling
odysseys of the century: Fridtjof Nansen tries to walk to
the North Pole; Mary Kingsley wanders alone in the jungles
of West Africa; Richard Burton makes a forbidden pilgrimage
to Mecca; Mary Mummery describes a harrowing first ascent in
the Alps; Francis Parkman hunts buffalo with the Sioux. The excerpts are as varied as the voyages themselves—some
humorous and lighthearted, others desperate and
thrilling—but all are examples of adventure, and adventure
writing, at the highest level. Several long-forgotten
classics are reprinted here for the first time in one
hundred years. From the search for the source of the Nile to
the first crossing of the Himalayas to a quest for the
origin of species, this book ranges the globe and captures
the restlessness of the human spirit. 30 b/w illustrations.
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