Author: | Dorothy Hoobler |
Language: | English |
Publisher: | G. P. Putnam; 1st edition (October 14, 1983) |
Pages: | 206 pages |
Category: | Biographies |
Rating: | 4.8 |
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The Hooblers intended in The Voyages of Captain Cook to describe Cook’s achievement for young adult readers. By relying largely on Cook’s own journals as their main historical source, they attempt to retell his story from his point of view. Cook’s voyages encompassed several purposes, not all of them in harmony with the others
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DOROTHY and THOMAS HOOBLER are well experienced at writing on historical topics. Their ten-volume series for Oxford Uni-versity Press, The American Family Albums, was acclaimed in the New York Times and Newsday and has received awards from educational and literary groups.
DOROTHY and THOMAS HOOBLER are well experienced at writing on historical topics. Their novel, In Darkness, Death, won a 2005 Edgar Award for young adult fiction. 17 May 2013 ·. An artist depiction of Captain Cook's meeting with the Nootka aboriginal tribes of " Vancouver Island" in Canada.