Bitter Waters (ePub)
America's Forgotten Naval Mission to the Dead Sea
(Sprache: Englisch)
"An intriguing, thorough study of a little-known scientific expedition to the Dead Sea by a mid-19th-century U.S. Navy lieutenant" (Kirkus Reviews).
With customary depth and insight, David Haward Bain illumines the United States's nineteenth-century...
With customary depth and insight, David Haward Bain illumines the United States's nineteenth-century...
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"An intriguing, thorough study of a little-known scientific expedition to the Dead Sea by a mid-19th-century U.S. Navy lieutenant" (Kirkus Reviews).
With customary depth and insight, David Haward Bain illumines the United States's nineteenth-century exploration of the Holy Land. To lead the expedition, the navy tabbed William Francis Lynch, an officer eager to enter the esteemed yet dangerous field of Victorian exploration. Like many of his successful contemporaries, Lynch was well read and possessed an independent nature, but a man who also preferred organization to chaos, and with a character that tended toward the obsessive. The expedition would force a juxtaposition of the ancient world with the modern, as the world's newest power attempted an exhaustive scientific study of the waters of the cradle of civilization.
Beyond its fascinating topic, Bitter Waters is full of broad allusions from the period that demonstrate Bain's deep understanding of America, and serve to make the work appealing for general scholars and lay readers. Heroically engaging unfamiliar terrain, hostile Bedouins, and ancient mysteries, Lynch and his party epitomize their nation's spirit of Manifest Destiny in the days before the Civil War.
"An engrossing narrative of the expedition that richly positions the mission's incidents within Lynch's Western perspective on the Near East. Wonderfully realized, Bain's account will enthrall seekers of history off the beaten path." -Booklist (starred review)
"David Haward Bain, author of Empire Express, paints a vivid picture of the ambitious, visionary seafarers and their bold adventure . . . Bitter Waters captures this fascinating moment in American history." -History Book Club (official selection)
With customary depth and insight, David Haward Bain illumines the United States's nineteenth-century exploration of the Holy Land. To lead the expedition, the navy tabbed William Francis Lynch, an officer eager to enter the esteemed yet dangerous field of Victorian exploration. Like many of his successful contemporaries, Lynch was well read and possessed an independent nature, but a man who also preferred organization to chaos, and with a character that tended toward the obsessive. The expedition would force a juxtaposition of the ancient world with the modern, as the world's newest power attempted an exhaustive scientific study of the waters of the cradle of civilization.
Beyond its fascinating topic, Bitter Waters is full of broad allusions from the period that demonstrate Bain's deep understanding of America, and serve to make the work appealing for general scholars and lay readers. Heroically engaging unfamiliar terrain, hostile Bedouins, and ancient mysteries, Lynch and his party epitomize their nation's spirit of Manifest Destiny in the days before the Civil War.
"An engrossing narrative of the expedition that richly positions the mission's incidents within Lynch's Western perspective on the Near East. Wonderfully realized, Bain's account will enthrall seekers of history off the beaten path." -Booklist (starred review)
"David Haward Bain, author of Empire Express, paints a vivid picture of the ambitious, visionary seafarers and their bold adventure . . . Bitter Waters captures this fascinating moment in American history." -History Book Club (official selection)
Autoren-Porträt von David Haward Bain
David Haward Bain is the author of four previous works of nonfiction, including Empire Express and Sitting in Darkness, which received a Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award. His articles and essays have appeared in Smithsonian, American Heritage, Kenyon Review, and Prairie Schooner, and he reviews regularly for the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post, and Newsday. He is a teacher at Middlebury College and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Haward Bain
- 2019, 384 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Abrams Books
- ISBN-10: 1590209974
- ISBN-13: 9781590209974
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.05.2019
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