{"product_id":"0385660472-prisoners_of_the_north","title":"Prisoners of the North","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eCanada’s master storyteller returns to the North to chronicle the extraordinary stories of five inspiring and controversial characters.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanada’s master storyteller returns to the North to bring history to life. \u003cb\u003ePrisoners of the North\u003c\/b\u003e tells the extraordinary stories of five inspiring and controversial characters whose adventures in Canada’s frozen wilderness are no less fascinating today than they were a hundred years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe meet Joseph Boyle, the self-made millionaire gold prospector from Woodstock, Ontario, who went off to the Great War with the word “Yukon” inscribed on his shoulder straps, and solid-gold maple-leaf lapel badges. There he survived several scrapes with rogue Bolsheviks, earned the admiration of Trotsky, saved Romania from the advancing Germans, and entered into a passionate affair with its queen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe meet Vilhjalmur Steffansson, who knew every corner of the Canadian North better than any explorer. His claim to have discovered a tribe of “Blond Eskimos” brought him world-wide attention and landed him in controversy that would dog him the rest of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is John Hornby, the eccentric public-school Englishman so enthralled with the Barren Grounds where he lived that he finally starved to death there with the two young men who had joined his adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBerton gives us a riveting account of the contradictory life of Robert Service — a world-famous poet whose self-effacement was completely at odds with his public persona.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd we meet the extraordinary Lady Jane Franklin, who belied every last stereotype about Victorian women with her immense determination, energy, and sense of adventure. She travelled more widely than even her famous explorer husband, Sir John. And her indefatigable efforts to find him after his disappearance were legendary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Yukoner himself, Berton weaves these tales of courage, fortitude, and reckless lust for adventure with a love for Canada’s harsh north. With his sharp eye for detail and faultless ear for a good story, Pierre Berton shows once again why he is Canada’s favourite historian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"null1\"\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies \u0026amp; Memoirs\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eTravelers \u0026amp; Explorers\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Anchor Canada","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":48751243329726,"sku":"0385660472-3","price":14.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/71i8l1Ds0NL.jpg?v=1787061971","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0385660472-prisoners_of_the_north","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}