I May Be Some Time - Ice and the English Imagination (Paperback, Picador USA Pbk ed.)

Francis Spufford explores the British obsession with polar exploration in a book that Jan Morris, writing in The Times, called, "A truly majestic work of scholarship, thought and literary imagination . . ." The title, a last quote from one explorer to his party as he left their tent never to return, embodies the danger and mystery that fueled the romantic allure of the poles and, subsequently, the British imagination. Far from being a conventional history of polar exploration, I May Be Some Time attempts to understand what was going on in the minds of the polar explorers as they headed toward destinies like Terra Nova. Serving up a heady brew of Captain Perry, Jane Eyre, gastronomic obsessions with iced desserts, and the daily lives of Eskimos, Spufford treats the reader to one of the most satisfying and imaginative contemporary works dealing with exploration and human need.

General

Imprint:	St. Martin's Griffin
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1999
First published:	July 1999
Authors:	Francis Spufford
Dimensions:	210 x 141 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	388
Edition:	Picador USA Pbk ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-22081-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Geographical discovery & exploration Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of other lands
LSN:	0-312-22081-2
Barcode:	9780312220815

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