“Horwitz succeeds brilliantly in turning the English from stiff icons to flesh-and-blood human beings. I love reading Tony Horwitz.” ― Chicago Tribune “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 “A tour de force of evocative history, serious scholarship, and compelling writing.” ―The Washington Post 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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