Hampton Sides
Kurt MarkusHampton Sides is best-known for his gripping non-fiction adventure stories set in war or depicting epic expeditions of discovery and exploration. An acclaimed journalist and New York Times bestselling author, his recent book is "The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook."
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Awards: PEN Literary Award
Books:
The Wide Wide Sea
Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
History / Biography
Doubleday
January 2024
ISBN 9780385544764
432 pages
In the Kingdom of Ice
The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
History / Biography
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
May 2015
ISBN 9780307946911
480 pages