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Published by McGill Queens Univ, 1994
ISBN 10: 0773511814ISBN 13: 9780773511811
Seller: Mister-Seekers Bookstore, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Signed By Editor C. Stuart Houston And By Commentary By I.S. Maclaren. - New - Unread - 1St Edition - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To The Edges Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. - Please See All Photos. - Back's Journal Is Particularly Valuable Because It Is The Only One That Records The Entire Expedition; Franklin Himself Relied On It For His Own Published Account Of The Journey. Both The Journal And Back's Earlier Notes Have Been Edited By Houston, Who Provides An Introduction And Extensive Annotations, As Well As Synopses Of The Frank Comments Regarding The Expedition Recorded In The Various Journals Of The Hudson's Bay Fur Trade Posts. I.S. Maclaren's Commentary On Back's Paintings Reveals A Midshipman-Artist Of Exceptional Talent. Conversant With The Artistic Conventions And Aesthetic Temper Of His Age, Back Used His Sketch-Books Not Only To Depict The Expedition's Progress But Also To Capture His Imaginative Response To The Northern Wilderness. Maclaren Edits And Comments On Two Other Documents Written By Back During The Expedition: A Candid Letter To His Brother And A Poem Dramatizing The Disaster That Claimed The Lives Of Eleven Of The Twenty Explorers In Franklin's Party. Arctic Artist Will Be Of Interest To Franklin And Arctic Enthusiasts, And To Canadian Studies, Northern Studies, Art History, And Anthropology Specialists. Signed by Author(s).
Published by McGill Queens Univ Press, Ithaca, New York, 1994
ISBN 10: 0773511814ISBN 13: 9780773511811
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Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Larger 8vo pp. 403, signed by the author. "'Arctic Artist' is the liveliest and most complete account of Sir John Franklin's tragic first Arctic land expedition. George Back's prose captures the drama of this journey, and his superb watercolour sketches reveal the beauty and wonder of this northern land. Back's journal completes Stuart Houston's trilogy of the?. Signed by Author. book.