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  • As affecting the fate of my absent husband: Selected Letters of Lady Franklin Concerning the Search for the Lost Franklin Expedition 1848-1860

    From her optimistic requests to whaling ships to her persistent demands for Admiralty aid Lady Franklin played a crucial role in the search for her husband. Her correspondence with British prime ministers members of Parliament lords of the Admiralty and a US president presents a private domestic side to a national tragedy and sheds new light on what Sir John Franklin's disappearance meant to ... Read more

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  • As affecting the fate of my absent husband

    Selected Letters of Lady Franklin Concerning the Search for the Lost Franklin Expedition, 1848-1860

    Series Book 56 - McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies
    The tragic fate of the lost Franklin expedition (1845-48) is a well-known part of exploration history, but there has always been a gap in the story - a personal account that begs to be told. In As affecting the fate of my absent husband, Erika Behrisch Elce has collected the poignant letters of Sir John Franklin's wife, Jane, which provide a vital new perspective on the tragedy. From her ... Read more

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