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After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the
British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been
trying to do since the sixteenth century: find the fabled Northwest
Passage. For the next thirty-five years the British Admiralty sent
out expedition after expedition to probe the ice-bound waters of
the Canadian Arctic in search of a route, and then, after 1845, to
find Sir John Franklin, the Royal Navy hero who led the last of
these Admiralty expeditions. Enthralling and often harrowing, "The
Man Who Ate His Boots "captures the glory and the folly of this
ultimately tragic enterprise.
What an Immense wealth of talent has appeared in the first
quarter-century of The Pushcart Prize editions, and much of that
talent has been displayed in the essays.
From the start in 1976, well before the current plethora of
essay anthologies, the editors of The Pushcart Prize recognized and
celebrated the essay; over the years the series has witnessed the
development of many forms of the genre, including a strong
renaissance in the personal essay. This monumental collection
selects opinions and reflections on much of the social, literary,
and political history of recent decades.
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