Unravelling the Franklin Mystery, Second Edition

Unravelling the Franklin Mystery, Second Edition
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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages : 419
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ISBN-10 : 9780773582170
ISBN-13 : 0773582177
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Book Synopsis Unravelling the Franklin Mystery, Second Edition by : David C. Woodman

Download or read book Unravelling the Franklin Mystery, Second Edition written by David C. Woodman and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Woodman's classic reconstruction of the mysterious events surrounding the tragic Franklin expedition has taken on new importance in light of the recent discovery of the HMS Erebus wreck, the ship Sir John Franklin sailed on during his doomed 1845 quest to find the Northwest Passage to Asia. First published in 1991, Unravelling the Franklin Mystery boldly challenged standard interpretations and offered a new and compelling alternative. Among the many who have tried to discover the truth behind the Franklin disaster, Woodman was the first to recognize the profound importance of Inuit oral testimony and to analyze it in depth. From his investigations, Woodman concluded that the Inuit likely visited Franklin's ships while the crew was still on board and that there were some Inuit who actually saw the sinking of one of the ships. Much of the Inuit testimony presented here had never before been published, and it provided Woodman with the pivotal clue in his reconstruction of the puzzle of the Franklin disaster. Unravelling the Franklin Mystery is a compelling and impressive inquiry into a part of Canadian history that for one hundred and seventy years left many questions unanswered. In this edition, a new preface by the author addresses the recent discovery and reviews the work done in the intervening years on various aspects of the Franklin story, by Woodman and others, as it applies to the book's initial premise of the book that Inuit testimony holds the key to unlocking the mystery.


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