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Author:
Berton, Pierre, 1920-
Title:
Dr. Kane of the Arctic Seas. /
Publisher:
McClelland & Stewart,
Copyright Date:
1993
Description:
82 p. 21 cm.
Subject:
Kane, Elisha Kent,--1820-1857.
Arctic regions--American.--American.
Canada, Northern--American.--American.
Explorers--Biography.--Biography.
Explorers--Biography.--Biography.
Physicians--Biography--Biography
Kane, Elisha Kent,--1820-1857--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Régions arctiques--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Canada (Nord)--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Explorateurs--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Explorateurs--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Médecins--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Other Authors:
McCusker, Paul,
Notes:
"An M&S paperback original". Includes index.
Contents:
The invalid -- The spirit rappers -- The "Open Polar Sea" -- "The most perfect hellhole" -- Saved by the Inuit -- Retreat -- A national hero.
Summary:
Slender, prone to illness, snobbish, Dr. Elisha Kent Kane hardly seemed to have the qualities needed to explore the treacherous, rugged world of the high Arctic. Yet at the time of his death, in 1857, this handsome physician was regarded as America's greatest explorer.
Series:
Adventures in Canadian history. Exploring the frozen North.
Berton, Pierre, 1920- Adventures in Canadian history. Exploring the frozen world.
ISBN:
9780771014468
0771014465
OCLC:
(OCoLC)27218196
Locations:
HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

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