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The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 by John Muir

modernviking's review against another edition

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3.0

Was given this as a very fine first edition for my birthday. Interesting to read some of Muir's words for an area outside of the Sierras, if problematic given the descriptions and treatment of the natives they met and traded with during their voyage. Can't help but wonder if the Smithsonian still has the hundreds of skulls collected from burial grounds in their collection . . .

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3.0

Took me a year to get through this one. Pages on pages of descriptions about glaciers and reindeer with a few gems of truth every chapter or two.
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