Weird and Tragic Shores: The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer visionary But then a human scream

But then a human scream pierces the night

Long treasured by literary readers for her uncommon ability to bridge the gap between art and science

he begins to consider the past anew

Winner of the Chicago Review of Books Fiction Award

of the lunar Japan that still lives on behind the rising sun of geopolitical power

Weird and Tragic Shores: The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer visionary But then a human screamAuthor Contributor(s): Loomis, Chauncey; Barrett, Andrea Publisher: Modern Library Date: 4 4 2000 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW In 1860, fifteen years after Sir John Franklin's ill fated expedition disappeared in the Arctic, a Cincinnati businessman named Charles Francis Hall set out to locate and rescue the expedition's survivors. He was an amateur explorer, without any scientific training or experience, but he was driven by a sense of personal