Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot
by Ken McGoogan
Book Summary Information
Author: Ken McGooganEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04
ISBN: 0786711566
Number of pages: 340
Publisher: Basic Books
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780786711567
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Book Reviews of Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot
Book Review: Wonderful story about a forgotten hero
Summary: 5 Stars
I'd never heard of John Rae before I read this book and the book explains how he was written out of history for basically telling the truth about what had happened to the Franklin expedition. Although the sections dealing with these 'political' ramifications are very interesting the best parts of the book are the descriptions of his various expeditions. He was a man with almost superhuman physical abilities in the face of the terrible conditions in the artic and expected similar abilities in the men who worked for him - he didn't suffer fools, or shirkers! However, for the times he had a very enlightened atitude to eskimos and indians and greatly respected them. Ken McGoogan does a really good job in narrating this wonderful story and my only criticism would be the way the maps in the book are spread around- I would have prefered them all in one place - at the beginning/end or at the beginning of the relevant chapters.
Also, as you read the book you can sense that he has been captivated by Lady Franklin and sure enough his next book was her biography "Lady Franklin's Revenge: A True Story of Ambition, Obsession, and the Remaking of Arctic History".
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