Letters from High Latitudes by Dufferin and Ava
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"Letters from High Latitudes" by Lord Dufferin is a travel book written in 1856, recounting his voyage to Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen aboard the schooner Foam. Written as diary entries in the form of letters to his mother, the book captures adventures through volcanic plains, geysers, and Arctic islands with irreverent humor and lively wit. Its comic style made it extraordinarily successful, remaining in print for decades and translated into multiple
languages, establishing it as the prototype of the comic travelogue. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of, 1826-1902 |
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| Title |
Letters from High Latitudes Being Some Account of a Voyage in 1856 of the Schooner Yacht "Foam" to Iceland, Jan Meyen, and Spitzbergen |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_High_Latitudes |
| Credits | This etext was produced by Gardner Buchanan with help from the distributed proofers |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 57.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DL: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Northern Europe, Scandinavia |
| Subject | Iceland -- Description and travel |
| Subject | Arctic regions |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 3701 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Aug 20, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 369 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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