Captain Alex Maclean: Jack London's Sea Wolf - Couverture rigide

MacGillivray, Don

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0774814713 ISBN 13 : 9780774814713

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2008

Synopsis

Alex MacLean was the inspiration for the title character in Jack London's bestselling novel The Sea-Wolf. Originally from Cape Breton, MacLean sailed to the Pacific side of North America when he was twenty-one and worked there for thirty-five years as a sailor and sealer. His achievements and escapades while in the Victoria fleet in the 1880s laid the foundation for his status as a folk hero. But this biography reveals more than the construction of a legend. Don MacGillivray opens a window onto the sealing dispute brought the United States and Britain to the brink of war, with Canadian sealing interests frequently enmeshed in espionage, scientific debate, diplomatic negotiations, and vexing questions of maritime and environmental law.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Don MacGillivray is a professor of history at Cape Breton University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0774814713
• ISBN 13: 9780774814713
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible