Disappointment River : finding and losing the Northwest Passage / Brian Castner.
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TextPublisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First large print editionDescription: 624 pages (large print) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780525595373; 0525595376Subject(s): Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764-1820 | Castner, Brian -- Travel -- Northwest Passage | Northwest Passage -- History | Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration | Northwest Passage -- Description and travel | Mackenzie River (N.W.T.) -- Description and travel | Northwest Passage -- Description and travel | Northwest Passage -- Discovery and explorationGenre/Form: Large type books. | Travel writing. DDC classification: 910.916327 | 971.9/01092 | B LOC classification: G640 | .C37 2018bG650 1789 | .C37 2018Summary: In 1789, Alexander Mackenzie traveled 1200 miles on the immense river in Canada that now bears his name, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage that had eluded mariners for hundreds of years. In 2016, the acclaimed memoirist Brian Castner retraced Mackenzie's route by canoe in a grueling journey -- and discovered the Passage he could not find.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
In 1789, Alexander Mackenzie traveled 1200 miles on the immense river in Canada that now bears his name, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage that had eluded mariners for hundreds of years. In 2016, the acclaimed memoirist Brian Castner retraced Mackenzie's route by canoe in a grueling journey -- and discovered the Passage he could not find.
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