In 1871; Charles Francis Hall's Polaris expedition set out to be the first official American party to reach the North Pole. Five months later; the Polaris had become locked in ice and Hall was dead-likely murdered. The expedition members were set adrift for six months on the icy seas: a fifteen-hundred-mile journey that all survived; thanks to the skills of Hall's translator; Tookoolito; a thirty-four-year-old woman subsequently referred to as the "Sacagawea of the Ice." In Midnight to the North; Sheila Nickerson brings to life the emotional struggle of a wildly various group of people forced to stay together-despite one another's self-centered failings-during circumstances of extreme desperation. Imaginatively re-creating Tookoolito's life; she describes the Inuit woman's decades-long relationship with Hall; her presentation to the English court and experience as an exhibit in P. T. Barnum's museum; and the undermining of her sturdy faith in her native heritage by Hall's stern and often treacherous world. A meticulously researched; gripping story of awesome peril and fascinating insight; Midnight to the North debunks contemporary Polaris accounts and reveals an untold side of Arctic exploration.
#533920 in Books Cumberland House Publishing 2008-03-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.23 x 1.21 x 6.39l; 1.45 #File Name: 1581826230332 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good read on the artillery aspects; as the title saysBy HGood read on the artillery aspects; as the title says. Gives you a fuller knowledge of their views often passed by quickly in other books. A lot of information.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Very well researchedBy CustomerGottfried has done what no other author has done - provided a detailed compliation of all the artillery used in the Battle of Gettysburg. This book is an excellent research / source book and is a further excellent companion to his Brigades at Gettysburg book. All batteries at the Battle are represented and locations and movements of same are meticulously detailed in this book. A must for serious students / buffs of the Battle.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great referenceBy D. WilliamsonAuthor does exactly what the title says- describes in detail the movements and actions of the arty at Gettysburg. A good reference for everything to do with that very specific subject. Pretty much everything you want to know- in one book. Well done.
