Cold Burial
A True Story of Endurance and Disaster
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2002
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Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-028225-2 (ISBN)
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-028225-2 (ISBN)
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The story of a doomed expedition into the freezing barren land of the Canadian North-West territories during the winter of 1926-27. Two years after all three men had died of starvation, their bodies were found; the diary of the youngest and longest-surviving forms the core of this book.
Over the winter of 1926-27, Jack Hornby led a doomed expedition to the freezing barren lands of the Canadian North-West territories. He took two men with him on the journey, his naive 18-year-old cousin, Edgar Christian and a young friend, Harold Adlard. All three men died of starvation. Two years later a Mounties patrol found their bodies along with a diary left by Christian, the longest-surviving and youngest member of the party. This diary, donated to his school by his grieving parents and discovered half a century later by the author, is at the centre of the book.
Over the winter of 1926-27, Jack Hornby led a doomed expedition to the freezing barren lands of the Canadian North-West territories. He took two men with him on the journey, his naive 18-year-old cousin, Edgar Christian and a young friend, Harold Adlard. All three men died of starvation. Two years later a Mounties patrol found their bodies along with a diary left by Christian, the longest-surviving and youngest member of the party. This diary, donated to his school by his grieving parents and discovered half a century later by the author, is at the centre of the book.
Edgar's diary was donated to his school by his grieving parents. Clive Powell-Williams, a teacher there, discovered the diary half a century later and uncovered the story. This is his first book.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.9.2002 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | b&w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 128 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 231 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-14-028225-4 / 0140282254 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-028225-2 / 9780140282252 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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