The voyage of the Narwhal : a novel
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ISBN
0393319504, 9780393319507
Physical Desc
399 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| North Spokane - Novel - Adult Area | BARRETT | On Shelf |
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Book
Language
English
ISBN
0393319504, 9780393319507
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Includes reading group guide.
Description
Capturing a crucial moment in the history of exploration -- the mid nineteenth-century romance with the Arctic -- this book focuses on a particular expedition and its accompanying scholar-naturalist, Erasmus Darwin Wells. Through his eyes, we meet the Narwhal's crew and its commander -- obsessed with the search for an open polar sea and encounter the far-north culture of the Esquimaux. In counterpoint, we see the women left behind in Philadelphia, explorers only in imagination. Together, those who travel and those who stay weave a web of myth and mystery. And finally they discover--as all explorers do--not what was always there and never needed discovering, but the state of their own souls.
Awards
New York Times Notable Books of the Year 1998; American Library Association Notable Books 1999
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Barrett, A. (1999). The voyage of the Narwhal: a novel . W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Barrett, Andrea. 1999. The Voyage of the Narwhal: A Novel. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Barrett, Andrea. The Voyage of the Narwhal: A Novel New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1999.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Barrett, A. (1999). The voyage of the narwhal: a novel. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Barrett, Andrea. The Voyage of the Narwhal: A Novel W.W. Norton & Company, 1999.
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