| Author | : Andrea Barrett |
| File Size | : 50,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 17 September 1999 |
| ISBN | : 9780393347210 |
| Pages | : 400 pages |
Voyage of the Narwhal A Novel by Andrea Barrett Book PDF Summary
"A luminous work of historical fiction that explores the far reaches of the Arctic and of men's souls." —Denver Post Capturing a crucial moment in the history of exploration—the mid-nineteenth century romance with the Arctic—Andrea Barrett's compelling novel tells the story of a fateful expedition. Through the eyes of the ship's scholar-naturalist, Erasmus Darwin Wells, we encounter the Narwhal's crew, its commander, and the far-north culture of the Esquimaux. In counterpoint, we meet 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, finally discovering what they had not sought, the secrets of their own hearts.
