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Lädt ... Ancient Marinervon Ken McGoogan
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. S recommends. A very good read about Samuel Hearne. The book was recommended to me by a most articulate and helpful Bayman (Newfoundlander from a village) working for Parks Canada at the Churchill Interpretive Centre, and I can see why. It has created in me an interest in the North and in the history of the North. It is also non-sentimental. Perhaps my only complaint is that it was too short. Highly recommended reading about Canada. The English arctic explorer Samuel Hearne inspired Coleridge to the Ancient Mariner, hence the title. The biography gives a good account of Hearne's life and travel but is overstretched by presenting 18th century London and too many peripheral figures. Cutting a hundred pages would have made a denser, better book. Thanks to Hearne's unique journal, the main part is a breath-taking account of the Dene indians, their customs and their darwinistic struggle in a deadly environment (combatting starvation, leaving the weak behind, robbing wives, plundering goods). Ironically, it was contact with European smallpox that killed three quarters of the Dene indians not their harsh environment. Hearne was thus the first and one of the last observers of their original customs. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
"In addition to achieving an unnamed immortality in Coleridge's epic poem, few people know that during a remarkable three-year odyssey British explorer Samuel Hearne became the first European to reach the Arctic Ocean and stand on the northernmost shore of the Americas. McGoogan skillfully demonstrates that Hearne was far more complex, accomplished, and influential than history has until now acknowledged." "Hearne's posthumously published journal, the first book about an Arctic sojourn, describes a trek of 3,500 miles marked by hardship, hunger, and disappointment, and ameliorated only by his friendship with the indomitable Dene leader Matonabbee. Their epic journey culminated in the notorious massacre at "Bloody Falls," where the Dene preyed on a helpless band of Inuit. Hearne witnessed the slaughter, and it would haunt him for the rest of his life; indeed, his report of the brutal incident has influenced Western understanding of native peoples for two centuries." "In an inspired example of literary sleuthing, McGoogan determines that Samuel Taylor Coleridge, six years before writing "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," encountered Hearne, who spoke of his guilt at seeing so many murdered so brutally. As the poet heard the traveler's painful stories, he was stirred to write about an old sailor haunted by his memories of a barbarous act."--BOOK JACKET. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)917.1904History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in North America Canada Canada, NorthernKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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