In the Kingdom of Ice : The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

from konastories

Joy's review: This is non-fiction at it's best! Sides makes the story of this audacious journey a gripping read. Attempting to sail to the North Pole in 1879, the Jeanette quickly gets locked in the ice. Sides paints vivid pictures of the crew and their courage, suffering, and, sometimes, insanit...

from debnance

Is In the Kingdom of Ice the best nonfiction I've read this year? you ask. It just might be. But how can that be? you continue. Didn't you also read the amazing Dead Wake? And Being Mortal? Yes. And yes. You prod me, You just can't leave it at that. Tell me more. But Kingdom of Ice is the incredi...

from santhony

One of my favorite genres is non-fiction, exploration accounts. From Stephen Ambrose's Undaunted Courage (Lewis and Clark) to Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air and Alan Morehead's White Nile and Blue Nile, accounts of the travails faced by explorers have always fascinated me. One subset of this genre ...

from debnance

Is In the Kingdom of Ice the best nonfiction I've read this year? you ask. It just might be. But how can that be? you continue. Didn't you also read the amazing Dead Wake? And Being Mortal? Yes. And yes. You prod me, You just can't leave it at that. Tell me more. But Kingdom of Ice is the incredi...

from amandacb

At turns compelling, suspenseful, factual, and humanizing, Hampton Sides's latest historical masterpiece is sure to enthrall both fans of Arctic exploration and newcomers. Granted, the Jeanette does not leave her San Francisco dock until page 137, which means Sides does plenty of background-build...