false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171490620m/103176.jpg 103176 2 <div><div><b>A riveting true adventure story&#8230;.</b><br><b>An award-winning, bestselling author&#8230;</b><br><b>A page-turner that&#8217;s impossible to put down.</b><br><b> </b><br><div>Almost everyone knows the photo of John F. Kennedy, Jr., as a young boy, peering out from under his father&#8217;s desk in the Oval Office. But few realize that the desk itself plays a part in one of the world&#8217;s most extraordinary mysteries&#8212;a dramatic tale that has never before been told in its full scope. Acclaimed historian Martin Sandler&#8212;a two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, winner of seven Emmy® Awards, and author of more than 50 books&#8212;finally brings the entire story to light. This amazing high-seas adventure encompasses the search for the Northwest Passage in the early 1800s; a renowned explorer and his crew of 128 men who vanish during an 1845 expedition; 39 incredible, heroic attempted rescue missions; a ghost ship that drifts for more than 1,200 miles; a queen&#8217;s gratitude; and that famous desk. Fascinating rare photographs, paintings, engravings, and maps illustrate the book throughout.</div><div><br>It all began when, in one of the biggest news stories of the 19th century, Sir John Franklin and his ships the <i>Erebus </i>and the <i>Terror</i> disappeared while attempting to locate the fabled Northwest Passage. At the request of Franklin&#8217;s wife, Lady Jane, the first mission set out from England in hopes of finding him; many others followed in its wake, none successful. </div><div><br>Among these was the <i>Resolute</i>, the finest vessel in Queen Victoria&#8217;s Navy. But in 1854 it became locked in Arctic ice and was abandoned by its captain. A year later, a Connecticut whaler discovered it 1,200 miles away&#8212;drifting and deserted, a 600-ton ghost ship. He and his small crew boarded the<i> Resolute</i>, and steered it through a ferocious hurricane back to New London, Connecticut. The United States government then reoutfitted the ship and returned it to the thankful Queen. In 1879, when the <i>Resolute </i>was finally retired, she had the best timbers made into a desk for then-President Rutherford B. Hayes. It is still used by U.S. presidents today...one of the most celebrated pieces of furniture in the White House.</div></div></div> 99467 15 10 2006 Resolute: The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost Ship total:41|5:9|4:21|3:9|2:2|1:0| 41 160 72 11 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 19:28:12 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 18:51:01 -0700 2009 1
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