Fatal passage, the true story of John Rae, the Arctic hero time forgot, Ken McGoogan
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Fatal passage, the true story of John Rae, the Arctic hero time forgot, Ken McGoogan
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-318) and index
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individual biography
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Fatal passage
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
49226113
Responsibility statement
Ken McGoogan
Sub title
the true story of John Rae, the Arctic hero time forgot
Summary
Rae (1813-93) was the only major British Arctic explorer never to receive a knighthood. His error, says Calgary-based novelist McGoogan, was that when he returned to London in the middle 1850s, from his explorations across what would become northern Canada, he brought tragic news of the long-lost expedition led by Sir John Franklin and so brought on his head the vilification of such powers as Lady Franklin and Charles Dickens
Table Of Contents
Truth of discovery: Wild life in Ruperts land -- Moose factory doctor -- Apprentice explorer -- Arctic poneer -- Search of Franklin -- Northern reversals -- Ruperts land realities -- Third expedition -- Best-laid plans -- Back to the barrens -- Two discoveries -- Discovey of truth: Return of John Rae -- Enter Charles Dickens -- Wrath of Lady Franklin -- Restoring the fate -- Awakening to the passage -- Consumate traveller -- Return to Orkney
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True story of John Rae, the Arctic hero time forgot