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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Castner, Brian, author.     Subjects     Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764-1820.     Castner, Brian -- Travel -- Northwest Passage.     Northwest Passage -- History.     Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration.     Northwest Passage -- Description and travel.     Mackenzie River (N.W.T.) -- Description and travel.     Mackenzie River (N.W.T.)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Castner, Brian, author.       by title:      Disappointment River...         MARC Display

Disappointment River [large type] : finding and losing the Northwest Passage / Brian Castner. by Castner, Brian, author. New York : Random House Large Print, [2018] Subjects Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764-1820.   Castner, Brian -- Travel -- Northwest Passage.   Northwest Passage -- History.   Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration.   Northwest Passage -- Description and travel.   Mackenzie River (N.W.T.) -- Description and travel.   Mackenzie River (N.W.T.) ISBN:  9780525595373 (large print : paperback) 0525595376 (large print : paperback) Description:  624 pages (large print) ; 24 cm Edition:  First large print edition. Contents:  The Northwest Company, 1788 -- Into the north, 2016 -- Scotland, 1774 -- New York, 1775 -- Montreal, 1778 -- Detroit, 1784 -- The Pays d'en Haut, 2016 -- Grand portage and the English River, 1785 -- Awgeenah and Matonabbee, 1786 -- Murder at the old establishment, 1787 -- To the Northwest Passage, 1788 -- All it takes is time, 2016 -- Embarkation, June 1789 -- The Rapids of the Slave, June 2016 -- Shoot the messenger, June 1789 -- Thunderstorms and raids, June 2016 -- Into the mountains, July 1789 -- Plagues of the Deh Cho, July 2016 -- The Dogrib, July 1789 -- Rapid without rapids, July 2016 -- You can starve on rabbits, July 1789 -- Fort Good Hope to Tsiigehtchic, July 2016 -- Satisfy the curiosity, tho' not the intent, July 1789 -- Into the earth sponge, July 2016 -- The highest part of the island, July 1789 -- A sea of ice, frozen no more, July 2016 -- Many returns. Requests:  0 Summary:  In 1789, Alexander Mackenzie traveled 1200 miles on the immense river in Canada that now bears his name, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage that had eluded mariners for hundreds of years. In 2016, the acclaimed memoirist Brian Castner retraced Mackenzie's route by canoe in a grueling journey -- and discovered the Passage he could not find.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Library For The Blind and Print Disabled Large Type LT 971.9 Ca Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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