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Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VII
4. INTRODUCTION XI
5. 1 Quaker Roots 1
6. 2 Westtown Years 13
7. 3 A Medical Career 32
8. 4 The Northwest Passage 43
9. 5 An Arctic Patron 56
10. 6 "The Great Expedition of the Times" 73
11. 7 First Winter 90
12. 8 Seeds of Dissension 102
13. 9 Withdrawal 117
14. 10 "The Experience of the Natives Is the Surest Guide" 133
15. 11 An Arctic Boat Journey 140
16. 12 Retreat 154
17. 13 Home Again 173
18. 14 Thoughts to the North 197
19. 15 Trying Times 223
20. 16 A Hasty Departure 246
21. 17 Serious Setbacks 269
22. 18 "Find a Way or Make One" 291
23. 19 Satterlee Hospital (Part I) 311
24. 20 Satterlee Hospital (Part II) 329
25. 21 Postwar Years 341
26. 22 The Land of Desolation (Part I) 365
27. 23 The Land of Desolation (Part II) 380
28. 24 The Fight for the North Pole 391
29. 25 Knickerbocker 402
30. 26 Iceland and Its Millennium 419
31. 27 The American Route to the Pole 436
32. 28 Fighting Tammany Hall 446
33. 29 More Politics and More Criticisms 457
34. 30 A Seasoned Legislator 479
35. 31 A Lamentable End 496
36. Notes 511
37. Bibliography 553
38. Index 563