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ISBN 1-894294-53-X
32 pages, 6 x 9
2002
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9.95 |
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THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BOB BARTLETT
By Susan Chalker Browne
Illustrated by Mel D'Souza
The oldest of eleven children, Bob Bartlett was born
to a family of skilled fishing and sealing captains. Bob first tasted the thrill
of Arctic adventure when he joined the Peary expedition in 1898. By walking 700
miles across Arctic ice and down the Siberian coast, Captain Bartlett saved 14
people from certain death. He faced snow-blindness, splitting ice and shipwrecks
in his quest to discover the north.
But no matter how far north he sailed, on his return voyages to his home in New
York, Captain Bartlett always docked in Brigus for a few days where he enjoyed
time with his friends and family in his childhood home - Hawthorne Cottage, a
National Historic Site. He is one of Newfoundland and Labrador's best known
heroes, and you can read about his amazing adventures in this incredible true
story of courage and determination.
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