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Warrick, Karen Clemens

The Perilous Search for the Fabled Northwest Passage in American History

128 pp. | Enslow | July, 2004 | Library ISBN 0-7660-2148-3 $26.60
(3) YA In American History series. This book details the centuries-long search for a sea route to China across the Atlantic, above Canada, to the Pacific. Warrick touches on each explorer's accomplishments, his encounters with the Inuits, and how in 1906 a Norwegian was the first to finally complete the passage. The book is minimally illustrated with black-and-white photos and reproductions of period maps. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind.
Reviewer: Jeannine M. Chapman

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