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Joseph Banks: A Life

Joseph Banks: A Life

O'Brian, Patrick

Paperback

Historical FiguresBritish History

ISBN10: 0226616282
ISBN13: 9780226616285
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Dec 8 1997
Pages: 330
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.58 Depth: 8.42
Language: English
One of our greatest writers about the sea has written an engrossing story of one of history's most legendary maritime explorers. Patrick O'Brian's biography of naturalist, explorer and co-founder of Australia, Joseph Banks, is narrative history at its finest. Published to rave reviews, it reveals Banks to be a man of enduring importance, and establishes itself as a classic of exploration.

It is in his description of that arduous three-year voyage [on the ship Endeavor] that Mr. O'Brian is at his most brilliant. . . . He makes us understand what life within this wooden world was like, with its 94 male souls, two dogs, a cat and a goat.-Linda Colley, New York Times

An absorbing, finely written overview, meant for the general reader, of a major figure in the history of natural science.-Frank Stewart, Los Angeles Times

[This book is] the definitive biography of an extraordinary subject.-Robert Taylor, Boston Globe

His skill at narrative and his extensive knowledge of the maritime history . . . give him a definite leg up in telling this . . . story.-Tom Clark, San Francisco Chronicle

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