Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before - Hardcover

Horwitz, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786250313 ISBN 13: 9780786250318

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2003

Synopsis

James Cook's three epic journeys in the eighteenth century were the last great voyages of discovery. When he embarked for the Pacific in 1768, a third of the globe remained blank. By the time he died in 1779, during a bloody clash in Hawaii, the map of the world was substantially complete. Cook explored more of the earth's surface than anyone in history - sailing from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from Tahiti to Siberia, from Easter Island to the Great Barrier Reef - and introduced the West to an exotic world of taboo and tattoo, of cannibalism and ritual sex. Yet the impoverished farmboy, who broke the bounds of social class to become Britain's greatest navigator, remains as mysterious today as the uncharted seas he sailed more than two centuries ago.

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Review:

"Thoroughly enjoyable. No writer has better captured the heroic enigma that was Captain James Cook than Tony Horwitz in this amiable and enthralling excursion around the Pacific." --Bill Bryson, author of "In a Sunburned Country"
"Tony Horwitz's" Blue Latitudes" is one of the best. . . full of humor. . . an elegant running account of Cook's exploits."
--"The New York Times Book Review" (cover review)
"Part history, part travelogue--and mostly just great fun. . . This is history on a global scale, and Horwitz tells it surpassingly well."
--"Los Angeles Times"
"A tour de force of evocative history, serious scholarship, and compelling writing."
--"The Washington Post"
"Part Cook biography, part travelogue, and very much a stroke of genius." --"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
"Hilarious, brainy, and balanced. . . .A trip with Horwitz is as good as it gets."
--"The Charlotte Observer"
"Tony Horwitz has done it again. . . Keen insight, open-mindedness and laugh-out-loud humor."
--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"A staggering blend of historical research, character study, sociological analysis, and intriguing tales of travel." --"The Boston Globe"
"Curiosity, intelligence, compassion and a sense of adventure. . . I love reading Tony Horwitz."
--"Chicago Tribune"
"Horwitz succeeds brilliantly in turning the English from stiff icons to flesh-and-blood human beings. The book's constant humor, honesty and judgment recall his own "Confederates in the Attic "and Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods.." . . This book will keep you enthralled."
--"The Seattle Time"
A tour de force of evocative history, serious scholarship, and compelling writing.--The Washington Post

Part history, part travelogue -- and mostly just great fun. . . This is history on a global scale, and Horwitz tells it surpassingly well.--Los Angeles Times

Thoroughly enjoyable. No writer has better captured the heroic enigma that was Captain James Cook than Tony Horwitz in this amiable and enthralling excursion around the Pacific. "Bill Bryson, author of In a Sunburned Country"

Tony Horwitz's" Blue Latitudes" is one of the best. . . full of humor. . . an elegant running account of Cook's exploits. "The New York Times Book Review (cover review)"

Part history, part travelogue -- and mostly just great fun. . . This is history on a global scale, and Horwitz tells it surpassingly well. Los Angeles Times

A tour de force of evocative history, serious scholarship, and compelling writing. The Washington Post

Part Cook biography, part travelogue, and very much a stroke of genius. "The Philadelphia Inquirer"

Hilarious, brainy, and balanced. . . .A trip with Horwitz is as good as it gets. "The Charlotte Observer"

Tony Horwitz has done it again. . . Keen insight, open-mindedness and laugh-out-loud humor. "San Francisco Chronicle"

A staggering blend of historical research, character study, sociological analysis, and intriguing tales of travel. "The Boston Globe"

Curiosity, intelligence, compassion and a sense of adventure. . . I love reading Tony Horwitz. "Chicago Tribune"

Horwitz succeeds brilliantly in turning the English from stiff icons to flesh-and-blood human beings. The book's constant humor, honesty and judgment recall his own "Confederates in the Attic "and Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods.." . . This book will keep you enthralled. "The Seattle Time""

Thoroughly enjoyable. No writer has better captured the heroic enigma that was Captain James Cook than Tony Horwitz in this amiable and enthralling excursion around the Pacific. Bill Bryson, author of In a Sunburned Country

Tony Horwitz's Blue Latitudes is one of the best. . . full of humor. . . an elegant running account of Cook's exploits. The New York Times Book Review (cover review)

Part history, part travelogue -- and mostly just great fun. . . This is history on a global scale, and Horwitz tells it surpassingly well. Los Angeles Times

A tour de force of evocative history, serious scholarship, and compelling writing. The Washington Post

Part Cook biography, part travelogue, and very much a stroke of genius. The Philadelphia Inquirer

Hilarious, brainy, and balanced. . . .A trip with Horwitz is as good as it gets. The Charlotte Observer

Tony Horwitz has done it again. . . Keen insight, open-mindedness and laugh-out-loud humor. San Francisco Chronicle

A staggering blend of historical research, character study, sociological analysis, and intriguing tales of travel. The Boston Globe

Curiosity, intelligence, compassion and a sense of adventure. . . I love reading Tony Horwitz. Chicago Tribune

Horwitz succeeds brilliantly in turning the English from stiff icons to flesh-and-blood human beings. The book's constant humor, honesty and judgment recall his own Confederates in the Attic and Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods.. . . This book will keep you enthralled. The Seattle Time

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"Thoroughly enjoyable. No writer has better captured the heroic enigma that was Captain James Cook than Tony Horwitz in this amiable and enthralling excursion around the Pacific." --Bill Bryson, author of In a Sunburned Country

"Tony Horwitz's Blue Latitudes is one of the best. . . full of humor. . . an elegant running account of Cook's exploits." --The New York Times Book Review (cover review)

"Part history, part travelogue -- and mostly just great fun. . . This is history on a global scale, and Horwitz tells it surpassingly well." --Los Angeles Times

"A tour de force of evocative history, serious scholarship, and compelling writing." --The Washington Post

"Part Cook biography, part travelogue, and very much a stroke of genius." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Hilarious, brainy, and balanced. . . .A trip with Horwitz is as good as it gets." --The Charlotte Observer

"Tony Horwitz has done it again. . . Keen insight, open-mindedness and laugh-out-loud humor." --San Francisco Chronicle

"A staggering blend of historical research, character study, sociological analysis, and intriguing tales of travel." --The Boston Globe

"Curiosity, intelligence, compassion and a sense of adventure. . . I love reading Tony Horwitz." --Chicago Tribune

"Horwitz succeeds brilliantly in turning the English from stiff icons to flesh-and-blood human beings. The book's constant humor, honesty and judgment recall his own Confederates in the Attic and Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods.. . . This book will keep you enthralled." --The Seattle Time

About the Author:

Tony Horwitz is the bestselling author of Confederates in the Attic, Baghdad Without a Map, and One for the Road. He is also a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has worked as a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and a staff writer for The New Yorker. He lives in Virginia with his wife, Geraldine Brooks, and their son, Nathaniel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0786250313
• ISBN 13: 9780786250318
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 728