[bookshare-discuss] Northwest Passage search and books
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:35:36 -0700 (PDT)
I did a little research. The program we saw was about
Sir John Franklin's disastrous search on the Resolute,
and the ships that went searching for him and it.
I found that there is a book entitled Resolute: The
Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John
Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost Ship
by Martin W. Sandler. It was just published last
October. The Library Journal gives it anexcellent
review: "...The prolific Sandler, who has authored
many history books for children, tells an exciting
tale of exploration and adventure so filled with
mystery, tragedy, and speculation that, at first read,
it seems almost too incredible to be true..." For
those who like tales of exploration, this sounds like
a good addition to our collection.
Cindy
--- Amy Goldring Tajalli
<agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cindy,
>
> I am not Brian (obviously) but happen to notice this
> so thought I would save some time; Look in Wikipedia
> under Northwest Passage and you will find Amundsen
> as the one (first?) who succeeded and a list of
> those who failed and died and/or lived. He also flew
> over the North Pole (first) in an airship piloted by
> Umberto Nobile and the two fueded about who should
> have gotten credit for that accomplishment as
> Amundsen was the head of that expedition. You may
> be familiar with part of that Story from the movie
> The Red Tent. I am sure Brian will give you a more
> concise answer - you know I tend to give much too
> much - but I could spend a week in Wikipedia just
> with those two or following everything in the
> section on the "Northwest Passage" and another month
> following connections from there. Have fun.
>
> Amy
>
> P.S. Do get The Red Tent. It is a marvelous movie
> and as far as I can tell or heard it is not far from
> the history.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 12:06 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: Brian's
> teaching
>
>
> > Interesting. What us your dissertation on.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > --- Brian Miller <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Actually, I m not with the University of Iowa
> >> anymore -- that is, I am not
> >> teaching there right now. I currently work for
> the
> >> U. S. Department of
> >> Education. I am a U-Iowa alum, however, and I
> >> taught both Spanish and
> >> History there, as well as completing my master's
> in
> >> education, a teaching
> >> credential, and most of my doctorate (which I am
> >> still working on, which is
> >> why I still have the U-Iowa address).
> >>
> >> Brian
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:22 PM
> >> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] OT: Brian's teaching
> >>
> >>
> >> > I see you're at the U of Iowa. What do you
> teach?
> >> >
> >> > Recently there was a program on either the
> History
> >> or
> >> > the Discovery Channel about a group of late
> 19th
> >> or
> >> > early 20th-century explorers who were trying to
> >> find a
> >> > passage through the Arctic from the Atlantic to
> >> the
> >> > Pacific and got stuck. It sounds somewhat
> >> > similar--maybe that's where the novelist got
> his
> >> idea.
> >> > Unfortunately, there were no survivors from
> that
> >> > expedition.
> >> >
> >> > Cindy
> >> >
> >> > --- Brian Miller <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Thanks Shellie, this one is especially
> terrific
> >> -- I
> >> > > used to teach a course
> >> > > on arctic exploration, and I wish I had this
> >> novel
> >> > > when I taught as I would
> >> > > have added it to my reading list.
> >> > >
> >> > > Brian Miller
> >> > >
> >> > > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > From: "Shelley L. Rhodes"
> >> <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:00 PM
> >> > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Just
> Submitted:
> >> > > Afterlands
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > > That one sounds really good.
> >> > > > You always pick some great stuff.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
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> >> > > > Carolyn Alexander
> >> > > >
> >> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > > From: "Brian Miller"
> >> <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 12:33 PM
> >> > > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Just
> Submitted:
> >> > > Afterlands
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > All,
> >> > > > I have just submitted for validation the
> >> > > following:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Afterlands, a novel, by Steve Heighton,
> >> Haughton
> >> > > Mifflin, 2005, pp 400.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > >From the book jacket:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > THIS GRIPPING NOVEL OF ARCTIC survival, is
> >> based
> >> > > on one of the most
> >> > > > remarkable events in polar exploration. In
> >> 1871,
> >> > > off the coast of
> >> > > Greenland,
> >> > > > nineteen men, women, and children, voyaging
> on
> >> the
> >> > > Arctic explorer USS
> >> > > > Polaris, were cast adrift on a large ice
> floe
> >> as
> >> > > their ship began to
> >> > > > founder. Afterlands is the story of this
> small
> >> > > society of castaways a
> >> > > white
> >> > > > and a black American, five Germans, a Dane,
> a
> >> > > Swede, an Englishman, and
> >> > > two
> >> > > > Inuit families as they try to survive a
> >> six-month
> >> > > winter ordeal,
> >> > > struggling
> >> > > > with the harsh elements and with one
> another,
> >> the
> >> > > group splintering into
> >> > > > factions along ethnic and national lines.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Steven Heighten provocatively fills in the
> >> blanks
> >> > > of the documented
> >> > > history
> >> > > > of this event by focusing on the
> suspicions,
> >> the
> >> > > hunger-induced delusions,
> >> > > > and the unrequited longings among three
> >> members of
> >> > > the group: Roland
> >> > > Kruger,
> >> > > > an educated, witty, rebellious German
> seaman;
> >> > > Tukulito, or "Hannah," the
> >> > > > party's Inuit interpreter; and George
> Tyson,
> >> the
> >> > > American ranking officer,
> >> > > > who later wrote an account of the
> experience
> >> that
> >> > > solidified his
> >> > > reputation
> >> > > > as a hero while casting Kruger as the
> villain.
> >> > > Throughout the novel,
> >> > > > Heighten incorporates passages from Tyson's
> >> > > contentious account, then
> >> > > > daringly imagines the aftermath of the
> ordeal,
> >> > > following Kruger, Tukulito,
> >> > > > and Tyson as they attempt to move beyond
> their
> >> > > searing memories and resume
> >> > > > their lives in the larger world.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Combining the high drama of Arctic survival
> >> and
> >> > > the psychological
> >> > > intensity
> >> > > > of modern theater, this beautifully written
> >> novel
> >> > > powerfully addresses
> >> > > > themes of belonging, nationalism, and love
> in
> >> > > times of crisis.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > ***
> >> > > >
> >> > > > This is an awesome book, and I hope someone
> >> picks
> >> > > it up soon.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Brian Miller
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >
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