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"Propulsive and vivid history" —The New York Times Book Review
“Gripping .
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. . It isn’t possible in this short space to describe Side’s hair-raising accounts of the journey . .
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. Sides recreates the newness of the experience, the vast differences in and among Indigenous cultures, and natural phenomena that were as terrifying as they were wondrous."
—The Washington Post
"[T]hrilling and superbly-crafted" —Wall Street Journal
"Riveting" —AP
"Hampton Sides, an acclaimed master of the nonfiction narrative, has taken on Cook’s story and retells it for the 21st century .
. . The result is a work that will enthrall Cook’s admirers, inform his critics and entertain everyone in between." —Los Angeles Times
“The great explorer’s ill-starred last mission and violent death in Hawaii are recreated in swashbuckling detail…an astounding tale and Sides delivers the exciting episodes with a pressing narrative urgency.
The cast of characters is a joy."–The Sunday Times (London)
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