FArTHER

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Martin Dugard is the New York Times #1 bestselling author of the Taking Series — including Taking Berlin (2022) and Taking Paris (2021).

At its heart are two great essays: the title piece, which explores Franzen attempting to get away from civilisation, at least for a day or two and which becomes a meditation on nature, art and personality all in one.

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A kitschy gift provokes a cautionary tale on sustainability and emerging economies in “The Chinese Puffin.” “Authentic but Horrible” condemns the Broadway musical adaptation of Spring Awakening while getting to the core of Frank Wedekind’s subversive play. A brief bid is made for the canonization of Canadian short-story master Alice Munro in “What Makes You So Sure You’re Not the Evil One Yourself?” The title essay finds the author on a remote Pacific island confronting, at long last, the death of Wallace. The first thing I will comment on are the illustrations. They are incredible. Using photographic collage and illustration, this is the first book that Grahame has both written and illustrated and the results are amazing. The illustrations really do bring this picture book to life and the size of the book make it perfect for reading to groups of children.

He hits the nail on the head again in "What Makes You So Sure You're Not the Evil One?" Instead of simply listing why Alice Munro is a fantastic writer, he chooses to suggest why the Canadian author isn't a household name. He also brilliantly describes why short stories -- Munro's bread and butter -- shouldn't be dismissed by the general reading public.The self I felt myself to be that day was a self I recognized only because I’d longed for it for so long. I met, in myself, on my first day in New York City, the person I wanted to become."

Obviously, his life is more complicated than that. Martin Dugard does a great job using Cook's own journals, and other historic documents. Knowing that the 1770s was during the American Revolution, and technology was very primitive, I am impressed with the art of navigating by moon and stars. Cook himself was quite complicated too. He had a drive to discover all that was possible, to the point of abusing his crew to make them cooperate and share his vision and passion. He became obsessed with the power of discovery, and thus his ending was brutal. His personal life was fraught with troubles too, considering medical advances were also far in the future. His lovely wife Elizabeth was faithful, as was James Cook, despite being separated for years at a time. Several of their children died in infancy.Farther Than Any Man' begins with an introduction. The author reflects on the legacy of Captain James Cook while walking through Newport, RI. Just off the coast of Newport, you see, buried under the silt just a few hundred yards from the Naval War College, lies Cook's first ship, HMS ENDEAVOUR. Scuttled there during the American Revolution while Cook was commanding another vessel on the other side of the world, ENDEAVOUR still lies, silently, linking us to our past.