A fascinating true story (mostly), and well worth your time. Extremely well written, as long as you remember to patiently read the footnotes. Ethnography before ethnography was recognized. History is often best if available as a first person account, and if well written. This is both. Do not miss it. Speaks of a time when exploration was often still a "seat of your pants" endeavor, using technology that while advanced for its day, is at best marginal and primitive by our standards. Added to the main theme are a love story and a tale of great friendship and loyalty to the death. What more could a reader hope to find? Hearne is truly an ancient mariner and explorer who deserves to be the hero of a great epic poem....as he is.
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It's educational and intrasting enjoy reading it.
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