Adventure - Nonfiction

 

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1. Travels with George: in search of Washington and his legacy

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Author:
Philbrick, Nathaniel
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Book, Large Print
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"Does George Washington still matter? The ... author argues for his unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new President through the former colonies, now an unsure nation. A new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into one narrative. When George Washington became president in 1798, the United States of America was still a loose and quarrelsome confederation and a tentative...

2. The wide wide sea: imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook

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Author:
Sides, Hampton
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
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"An epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day ... On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a...