Into the Blue: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
by:
Tony Horwitz (author)
Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone BeforeTwo centuries after James Cook's epic voyages of discovery, Tony Horwitz takes readers on a wild ride across hemispheres and centuries to recapture the Captain's adventures and explore his embattled legacy in today's Pacific. Horwitz, a Pulitzer...
show more
Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone BeforeTwo centuries after James Cook's epic voyages of discovery, Tony Horwitz takes readers on a wild ride across hemispheres and centuries to recapture the Captain's adventures and explore his embattled legacy in today's Pacific. Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of Confederates in the Attic, works as a sailor aboard a r
show less
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
A magnificent read. I love the way the author captures the magnificence of Cook's achievements. His wry observations on Australians and our Australianisms is hilarious. I loved that he could teach me things about Cook I didn't know and he could make me laugh at myself.
Log in with Facebook 
