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NEATBY, LESLIE H. - The Search for Franklin,

Edmonton, AB: Hurtig Publishers, 1970. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888300433. Boards show light shelf wear. DJ shows heavier wear, with short tears, light chipping and creasing. Previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Laid in are a couple articles, one about Dr. John Rae, a surgeon in the 1800s who searched for Franklin and his crew, the other an 1986 report on a postmortem examination done in 1984 on one of Franklin's crew members from the Terror - Petty Officer John Torrington. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 281 pages; "Sir John Franklin famously spent half his life attempting to find a sea route across northern Canada and in 1847 he died trying. Location of his doomed final expedition remained a mystery despite more than a dozen further expeditions to find him. This book covers these fruitless expeditions of 1848-1859.". Very Good in Good dust jacket .
USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 | £UK 14 | JP¥ 2735] Booknumber: 20456

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