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Fun Book - [21 Sep 2009]
This book is a wonderful combination of a history book (Captain Cook) and a travel narrative. The author is very thorough and has a good sense of humor. Captain Cook is one of the greatest explorers of all time and this book will inform you and entertain...
The author is very thorough and has a good sense of humor. Captain Cook is one of the greatest...
www.amazon.com/review/R2E67DZ3O...
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Fun Book - [21 Sep 2009]
www.amazon.com/review/R2E67DZ3O...
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A real unique biography - [22 Aug 2009]
www.amazon.com/review/R29QI20NLWIA...
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A plain, zealous man - [04 Jun 2009]
In his three most recent books, of which "Blue Latitudes" is the middle, Tony Horwitz has gone where someone else has gone before. But those someone elses were a long time ago and he is curious about the historical truth to be found in the places they...
gone where someone else has gone before. But those someone elses were a long time ago and he...
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Very good - [06 Feb 2009]
This is a skillful interweaving of two stories: (1) the 18th century maritime explorations of Captain James Cook, and (2) the author's travels to places that Cook visited or lived in. This book also skillfully blends history, geography, biography, biology...
of Captain James Cook, and (2) the author's travels to places that Cook visited or lived in...
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4-STAR READING ABOUT THE COOK TRAVELS - [31 Dec 2008]
GOOD 4-STAR READING FOR MY WIFE WHO IS A BIG FAN OF CAPTAIN COOK WHO SAILED ALONG WITH DARWIN IN ANOTHER SHIP.
IN ANOTHER SHIP.
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Bad Day at Black Rock - [16 Aug 2008]
In my research for Wai-nani, High Chiefess of Hawaii, I read a dozen accounts of Captain James Cook's deadly encounter with the natives of Hawaii in 1779. This included not only the Captains' journal, but that of seaman, John Ledyard, and that of first...
Cook's deadly encounter with the natives of Hawaii in 1779. This included not only the...
www.amazon.com/review/R39Q3VLMKBSATU...
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Bad Day at Black Rock - [16 Aug 2008]
In my research for Wai-nani, High Chiefess of Hawaii, I read a dozen accounts of Captain James Cook's deadly encounter with the natives of Hawaii in 1779. This included not only the Captains' journal, but that of seaman, John Ledyard, and that of first...
Cook's deadly encounter with the natives of Hawaii in 1779. This included not only the...
www.amazon.com/review/R39Q3VLMKBSATU...
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Cook'n with Horwitz - [24 Jul 2008]
An author such as Tony Horwitz is a rare find. After reading his latest release (as of this review), "A Voyage Long and Strange", I had to backtrack to "Blue Latitudes". Glad I did. Horwitz' slant to history is savvy with modern day adventure, wit and...
review), "A Voyage Long and Strange", I had to backtrack to "Blue Latitudes". Glad I did....
www.amazon.com/review/R3BBXL31T...
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Another good read - [05 Jul 2008]
While this is one of his earlier books, i just discovered this author and love his interplay of current experience and history. As in his other works, a new level of understanding emerges about the earliest interplay of European contact with the native...
of current experience and history. As in his other works, a new level of understanding emerges...
www.amazon.com/review/R470IA1WG...
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