Author: Elisha Kent Kane
Publisher: New York : Carleton
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Dr. Elisha Kent Kane was America's first Arctic explorer. He served as ship's surgeon with the First Grinnell Expedition and as leader of the second Grinnell Expedition in search of John Franklin. After his death, spiritualist Margaret Fox claimed that she was Kane's common-law wife, but his family refused to grant her a widow's annuity. Five years later she filed a lawsuit, and both parties reached an agreement: an annuity for Fox in exchange for Kane's correspondence with her. Charging that the Kanes had not kept their word, she published this volume anonymously.
The Love-life of Dr. Kane
Author: Elisha Kent Kane
Publisher: New York : Carleton
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Dr. Elisha Kent Kane was America's first Arctic explorer. He served as ship's surgeon with the First Grinnell Expedition and as leader of the second Grinnell Expedition in search of John Franklin. After his death, spiritualist Margaret Fox claimed that she was Kane's common-law wife, but his family refused to grant her a widow's annuity. Five years later she filed a lawsuit, and both parties reached an agreement: an annuity for Fox in exchange for Kane's correspondence with her. Charging that the Kanes had not kept their word, she published this volume anonymously.
Publisher: New York : Carleton
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Dr. Elisha Kent Kane was America's first Arctic explorer. He served as ship's surgeon with the First Grinnell Expedition and as leader of the second Grinnell Expedition in search of John Franklin. After his death, spiritualist Margaret Fox claimed that she was Kane's common-law wife, but his family refused to grant her a widow's annuity. Five years later she filed a lawsuit, and both parties reached an agreement: an annuity for Fox in exchange for Kane's correspondence with her. Charging that the Kanes had not kept their word, she published this volume anonymously.
The Life of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, and of Other Distinguished American Explorers
Author: Samuel Mosheim Smucker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Includes biography of Elisha Kent Kane, an arctic explorer who was surgeon on first Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1850-51, and commander of second Grinnell expedition, 1853-55.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Includes biography of Elisha Kent Kane, an arctic explorer who was surgeon on first Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1850-51, and commander of second Grinnell expedition, 1853-55.
Life of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane
Author: Samuel M. Schmucker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Love and Ice
Author: Ray Edinger
Publisher: Frederic C. Beil Publisher
ISBN: 9781929490424
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This is the story of the fames explorer who perhaps was the greatest American hero of the 1850's. In 1850 Kane sailed on the first Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, missing since 1845. The first expedition stirred such interest that Kane was able to organize and lead a second expedition.
Publisher: Frederic C. Beil Publisher
ISBN: 9781929490424
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This is the story of the fames explorer who perhaps was the greatest American hero of the 1850's. In 1850 Kane sailed on the first Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, missing since 1845. The first expedition stirred such interest that Kane was able to organize and lead a second expedition.
The Life of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane
Author: Samuel Mosheim Smucker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Explorers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Explorers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Life of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane
Author: Samuel M. Smucker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781296385637
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781296385637
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Life of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, and of Other Distinguished Explorers
Author: Samuel Mosheim Smucker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Arctic Explorations
Author: Elisha Kent Kane
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grinnell Expedition
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grinnell Expedition
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
The Life of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane
Author: Samuel Mosheim Smucker
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Bradley
ISBN:
Category : Explorers
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Includes biography of Elisha Kent Kane, an arctic explorer who was surgeon on first Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1850-51, and commander of second Grinnell expedition, 1853-55.
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Bradley
ISBN:
Category : Explorers
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Includes biography of Elisha Kent Kane, an arctic explorer who was surgeon on first Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1850-51, and commander of second Grinnell expedition, 1853-55.
Race To The Polar Sea
Author: Ken McGoogan
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
ISBN: 144340165X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Elisha Kent Kane, scion of a wealthy and influential Philadelphia family, became a legend of 19th-century America. Before he was 30, he had descended into a volcano in the Philippines, infiltrated a company of slave traders in West Africa and narrowly survived hand-to-hand combat in the Sierra Madre while carrying a secret message from the president of the United States. Yet Kane would achieve his greatest fame by exploring the High Arctic, an adventure that began when he sailed in search of the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin and the open water of an alleged “polar sea” around the North Pole. In the mid-1850s, Kane pushed farther north than any other voyager, then spent two years trapped in the ice before leading a desperate but heroic retreat that only added to his legend. Kane also enjoyed a secret love affair with a young Canadian-born spiritualist named Maggie Fox, a celebrated “spirit rapper” deemed unsuitable by his family. How this relationship combined with Kane’s tragic early death to deny him his rightful place in history is one of the most dramatic aspects of the book. Race to the Polar Sea tells the story of a romantic adventurer driven by dreams of glory. It is a tale of heroism, courage and conspiracy that evokes an age when the Arctic seemed a white, booming emptiness, beautiful and unknowable.
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
ISBN: 144340165X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Elisha Kent Kane, scion of a wealthy and influential Philadelphia family, became a legend of 19th-century America. Before he was 30, he had descended into a volcano in the Philippines, infiltrated a company of slave traders in West Africa and narrowly survived hand-to-hand combat in the Sierra Madre while carrying a secret message from the president of the United States. Yet Kane would achieve his greatest fame by exploring the High Arctic, an adventure that began when he sailed in search of the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin and the open water of an alleged “polar sea” around the North Pole. In the mid-1850s, Kane pushed farther north than any other voyager, then spent two years trapped in the ice before leading a desperate but heroic retreat that only added to his legend. Kane also enjoyed a secret love affair with a young Canadian-born spiritualist named Maggie Fox, a celebrated “spirit rapper” deemed unsuitable by his family. How this relationship combined with Kane’s tragic early death to deny him his rightful place in history is one of the most dramatic aspects of the book. Race to the Polar Sea tells the story of a romantic adventurer driven by dreams of glory. It is a tale of heroism, courage and conspiracy that evokes an age when the Arctic seemed a white, booming emptiness, beautiful and unknowable.