The book’s constant humor, honesty and judgment recall his own Confederates in the Attic and Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods. “Horwitz succeeds brilliantly in turning the English from stiff icons to flesh-and-blood human beings. I love reading Tony Horwitz.” ― Chicago Tribune Blue Latitudes In an exhilarating tale of historic adventure, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Confederates in the Attic retraces the voyages of. “Curiosity, intelligence, compassion and a sense of adventure. “A staggering blend of historical research, character study, sociological analysis, and intriguing tales of travel.” ― The Boston Globe Keen insight, open-mindedness and laugh-out-loud humor.” ― San Francisco Chronicle

“Hilarious, brainy, and balanced.A trip with Horwitz is as good as it gets.” ― The Charlotte Observer “Part Cook biography, part travelogue, and very much a stroke of genius.” ― The Philadelphia Inquirer Tony Horwitz is a nonfiction author, most recently of Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before (Henry Holt, 2002), a historical. No writer has better captured the heroic enigma that was Captain James Cook than Tony Horwitz in this amiable and enthralling excursion around the Pacific. “A tour de force of evocative history, serious scholarship, and compelling writing.” ―The Washington Post 'Blue Latitudes is a thoroughly enjoyable book. This is history on a global scale, and Horwitz tells it surpassingly well.” ―Los Angeles Times “Part history, part travelogue - and mostly just great fun. an elegant running account of Cook’s exploits.” ― The New York Times Book Review (cover review) “Tony Horwitz’s Blue Latitudes is one of the best.

No writer has better captured the heroic enigma that was Captain James Cook than Tony Horwitz in this amiable and enthralling excursion around the Pacific.” ― Bill Bryson, author of In a Sunburned Country

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