![]() This helps young readers, who might find the history cloying in its entirety. These are further subdivided into bite-size pieces. ![]() The fat tome is divided into fifty-page sections. But readers who have not followed the many recent magazine articles on northern topics will probably find the accounts of the search for Sir John Franklin and other quests quite stirring and as well written as any of Berton's books. ![]() The story didn't move this reviewer as much as Berton's tale of Vimy. Crews manhauling huge loads across the Canadian northland suffered needlessly, despite knowledge of Inuit clothing and proven anti-scorbotic measures. His book details tile criminal folly of the British Admiralty sending out overmanned ships with sailors dressed in fashionable British uniforms. Berton draws a good parallel between this quest and the search for the Northwest Passage and the route to the North Pole. Their heroism and idealism masked their failure as well as the many deaths they caused. ![]() The chalice from which Christ served the wine at the last supper was sought, valiently and vainly, by many crusaders. 1990 Pierre Berton "The Arctic Grail" limited Edition ![]()
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