Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal

Or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51

Nonfiction, History, Polar Regions, Biography & Memoir, Historical
Cover of the book Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal by Sherard Osborn, VolumesOfValue
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sherard Osborn ISBN: 1230000176242
Publisher: VolumesOfValue Publication: September 9, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Sherard Osborn
ISBN: 1230000176242
Publisher: VolumesOfValue
Publication: September 9, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal;
Or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51

This edition features
 • illustrations
 • linked Footnotes
 
PREFACE
I fear with the many of my cloth, my crime in writing a book will be an unpardonable one; the more so, that I cannot conscientiously declare, that it has been at the urgent desire of my friends, &c., that I have thus made my début.

My motive is twofold: to tell of the doings of a screw steam-vessel, the first ever tried in the Polar regions, and by a light, readable description of incidents in the late search for Sir John Franklin, to interest the general reader and the community at large upon that subject. Without fear, favour, or affection, I have told facts as they have occurred; and I trust have, in doing so, injured no man. A journal must necessarily be, for the most, a dry narration of facts; I have, therefore, thrown in here and there general observations and remarks founded upon such facts, rather than a dry repetition of them.

To the officers and men serving under my command, I can offer no higher compliment than in having thus placed their severe and zealous labours before the public; and no professional reader who reads these "Stray Leaves," can fail, I am certain, to perceive how heavily must have fallen the labours here recounted upon the men and officers of the steam tenders, and how deep an obligation I their commander must be under to them for their untiring exertions, by which this, the first and severe trial of steam in the Arctic regions, was brought to a successful issue.
...

About the Author
LIEUT. SHERARD OSBORN, COMMANDING H.M.S. VESSEL, "PIONEER"
"Sherard Osborn (1822 – 1875), was a Royal Navy admiral and Arctic explorer." --Wikipedia

 

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal;
Or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51

This edition features
 • illustrations
 • linked Footnotes
 
PREFACE
I fear with the many of my cloth, my crime in writing a book will be an unpardonable one; the more so, that I cannot conscientiously declare, that it has been at the urgent desire of my friends, &c., that I have thus made my début.

My motive is twofold: to tell of the doings of a screw steam-vessel, the first ever tried in the Polar regions, and by a light, readable description of incidents in the late search for Sir John Franklin, to interest the general reader and the community at large upon that subject. Without fear, favour, or affection, I have told facts as they have occurred; and I trust have, in doing so, injured no man. A journal must necessarily be, for the most, a dry narration of facts; I have, therefore, thrown in here and there general observations and remarks founded upon such facts, rather than a dry repetition of them.

To the officers and men serving under my command, I can offer no higher compliment than in having thus placed their severe and zealous labours before the public; and no professional reader who reads these "Stray Leaves," can fail, I am certain, to perceive how heavily must have fallen the labours here recounted upon the men and officers of the steam tenders, and how deep an obligation I their commander must be under to them for their untiring exertions, by which this, the first and severe trial of steam in the Arctic regions, was brought to a successful issue.
...

About the Author
LIEUT. SHERARD OSBORN, COMMANDING H.M.S. VESSEL, "PIONEER"
"Sherard Osborn (1822 – 1875), was a Royal Navy admiral and Arctic explorer." --Wikipedia

 

More books from VolumesOfValue

Cover of the book An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects, Fifth Edition, Volume 1 (of 4) by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book The Ruins, Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires: And the Law of Nature by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book James B. Eads by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book A New Century of Inventions by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book Stories of the Scottish Border by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book The Mysteries of Montreal, Being Recollections of a Female Physician by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book Lee's Last Campaign by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book The Indians of the Painted Desert Region by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book Mater dolorosa by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book Famous American Belles of the Nineteenth Century by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book An Interesting Journal of Abner Stocking of Chatham, Connecticut by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book Chaldea by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book Diary of Anna Green Winslow by Sherard Osborn
Cover of the book English Economic History, Select Documents by Sherard Osborn
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy