"A treasure of a book."—David McCullough The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis a

Draws on journal entries to recount the epic journey of Charles Wilkes and the Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842, which led to the discovery of Antarctica and b

"A treasure of a book."—David McCullough The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis a

A novel about the heroic actions of four Army chaplins after the troop ship they were on was torpedoed in the North Atlantic.

Provides extensive information on wooden hats from areas like Kodiak, Bristol Bay, and Norton Sound, as well as the Aleutian Islands.