The Man who Ate His Boots

The Man who Ate His Boots
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 468
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ISBN-13 : 9780224082310
ISBN-10 : 0224082310
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Book Synopsis The Man who Ate His Boots by : Anthony Brandt

Download or read book The Man who Ate His Boots written by Anthony Brandt and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brandt tells the fascinating whole story of the search for the Northwest Passage, from its beginnings early in the age of exploration through its development into a British national obsession to the final sordid, terrible descent into scurvy, starvation, and cannibalism.


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