Informazioni generali

Nome canonico: Guttridge, Leonard F.
Nome legale: Guttridge, Leonard Francis
Data di nascita: 1918-08-27
Data di morte: 2009-06-07
Sesso: male
Luogo di nascita: Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, UK
Luogo di residenza: Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Organizzazioni: Royal Air Force
Breve biografia: Born and raised in Cardiff, South Wales, Leonard Guttridge served in the Royal Air Force in the Second World War before coming to the U.S. in 1948.

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Ghosts of Cape Sabine : the harrowing true story of… di Leonard F. Guttridge

Interesting story, poorly told. I feel like this is one that could have benefited from a solid editor with a timeline.

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romanccm | 4 altre recensioni | Jan 2, 2015 |

Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of… di Leonard F. Guttridge

Last year I read North by Roger Hubank, a fictional account of the Greely expedition. Afterwards, I wanted to read an historical account of the Greeley expedition. In this book, I learned more about problems with the first two relief attempts. I liked Guttridge's detailed end notes describing the sources from institutions such as the National Archives and the Library of Congress.

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krin5292 | 4 altre recensioni | May 26, 2013 |

Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of… di Leonard F. Guttridge

Unfortunately, I found Leonard F. Guttridge's "Ghosts of Cape Sabine" too poorly written to enjoy. This should have been a great, epic tale of the Greeley expedition's misfortunes while spending years exploring the arctic. The story itself is fairly dramatic and interesting-- there is plenty of source material to make this a story worth telling.

Under Guttridge's pen, the story is extremely difficult to follow and unskillfully woven. (I defy you to find a paragraph in this book that does not mention at least three different people... it just becomes a confusing jumble of names all to frequently.) I found myself skimming and skipping page after boring page before I finally put down the book for good.

I love a good arctic (or antarctic) exploration story... there are tons of great books out there focused on the trials and tribulations of different expeditions. Unfortunately, this is not one of them.… (altro)

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amerynth | 4 altre recensioni | Apr 19, 2012 |

Icebound di Leonard F. Guttridge

Leonard F. Guttridge is drawn to exciting events. Too bad they aren't drawn to him.

Guttridge has written books about two sad events of nineteenth century Arctic exploration, the Greeley expedition (The Ghosts of Cape Sabine) and the Jeannette expedition. Both were attempts to reach the North Pole, or at least explore northern latitudes; both involved problems with ships; both resulted in losses of many of the men on the expedition.

Of his two books, this strikes me as the better one, perhaps because the story of the Jeannette is more coherent: The expedition was organized, it set out, the ship got trapped, the crew abandoned ship and split up, and some survived and others perished. There is more action, and the action has a direction. But I still found myself slightly lost as the narrative proceeded. The characters seemed ever so slightly unreal.

This isn't really a complaint. This is a useful book showing the difficulties which nineteenth century explorers faced -- and the consequences of biting off more than they could chew. But I feel as if there is a truly great book about the Jeannette waiting to be written, and this isn't it.… (altro)

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waltzmn | Mar 13, 2012 |

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