".as a prolific writer of popular history titles, [McGoogan's] storytelling experience is abundantly obvious on every page of this book.Exploration fans will find the work fascinating. A revisionary and deeply personal look at the infamous Franklin expedition." -- Kirkus Reviews "McGoogan builds on recent finds in the region to flesh out what happened to all those who were lost on this tragic expedition.McGoogan's recounting will engross exploration history buffs." -- Booklist "Franklin remains a popular subject, and this book adds much to the conversation about the mystery surrounding his final expedition." -- Library Journal "What an enthralling new book by Ken McGoogan which provides fresh answers to this Arctic mystery.
" --David Grann (via X), bestselling author of The Wager and Killers of the Flower Moon "This book by Ken McGoogan is SO GOOD!! I love Arctic exploration stories and this one is riveting." --Shari Lapena (via X), international bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and Everyone Here is Lying "Multi-award-winning MGoogan is probing a mystery that has engaged us for more than 175 years. There's a raw immediacy, a forceful current of whiteknuckle suspense, to McGoogan's recreation of events." -- Vancouver Sun "Ken McGoogan has become our foremost chronicler of the Arctic explorers who sailed across the Atlantic to seek navigable waterways spanning northern seas that would take them all the way to "Cathay"--a Pierre Berton for the twenty-first century." --Philip Turner, The Great Gray Bridge "[A]n in-depth, contemporary perspective on the legacy of Sir John Franklin, offering a new explanation of the famous Northern mystery." -- Canadian Geographic "Searching for Franklin is nothing short of a rewrite of Arctic history. McGoogan takes us well beyond the common narrative, and offers insight into the reasons why Franklin could not understand the risks he was taking by ignoring the advice of others. Searching for Franklin introduces us to the man behind the myth, and it's about time.
" --Dave Obee, Victoria Times-Colonist.