FRANKLIN EXPEDITION LIBRARY

There is an interesting aspect of the Polar expeditions data base on which I am working on which consists on identifying all the books published related with all of them. 

The data base is not finished and may not be finished ever (I have 363 expeditions registered so far), but in the meantime and in honour of all of the members of the Remembering the Franklin expedition Facebook group, I have compiled all the books related specificaly with the Franklin expedition, fiction or not and also old and new. I don´t think any other expedition could reach the number of books of this list which overcome the 100´s, not even Scott vs Amundsen expeditions of 1911. So please, my beloved Franklinites, be prudent and think it twice before going for all of them!

I have to give a huge THANKS to the polar researcher Alison Fairchild who has kindly forwarded me an impressive list of polar books from which I could rescue many essential titles which I had omitted.

I have omitted those which tell the stories of the subsequent searching expeditions. Those are linked to their own ones,  but  I have included those books which give a broad picture about the whole history related with the discovery of the Northwest passage and also Sir John Franklin biographies.

There must be many more books out there, and in time the list will be more exhaustive than it is right now so ... don´t blame me please if any of your favourite ones is not among them, just warn me!!... and don´t doubt on telling me if there is any mistake or any duplicate, I am open to corrections and suggestions too.

Of course, you can check that the ESSENTIAL FRANKLIN BOOKSHELF, proposed by Russell Potter some years ago, is properly represented in the list below. 

While looking for them I have found some whoich are completely new to me, and also others with titles so astonishing like this one: 

"Euthanasia: a poem in four cantos of Spenserian metre on the discovery of the North-west Passage "

I hope you will enjoy the list and please, don´t forget to tell me which ones I have forgotten.

BOOK TITLE AUTHOR YEAR Neptune's heroes; or, The sea-kings of England, from Sir John Howkins to Sir John Franklin Adams, W. H. Davenport 1861 Crystal Vision Alan M Young Life of Sir John Franklin and the North-west Passage (1891) Albert Hastings Markham 1891 The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer Alison Alexander 2016 Franklin: Tragic Hero of Polar Navigation Andrew D. Lambert 2010 The Gates of Hell: Sir John Franklin’s Tragic Quest for the North-West Passage Andrew Lambert The Man Who Ate His Boots: Sir John Franklin and the Tragic History of the Northwest Passage Anthony Brandt 2011 Sir John Franklin: Expeditions to Destiny Anthony Dalton 2012 Sir John Franklin: The Man Who Ate Is Own Boots (Who Was.?) Beardsley, Martyn 2005 Deadly Winter: The Life of Sir John Franklin Beardsley, Martyn 2002 Sir John Franklin Beesly, A. H. 1881 Sir John Franklin Brandes, Karl 1854 The Ice Passage: A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness Brian Payton 2010 Euthanasia: a poem in four cantos of Spenserian metre on the discovery of the North-west Passage by Sir John Franklin Brodie, E. H. (Erasmus Henry) 1866 A sequel to the North-west passage and the plans for the search for Sir John Franklin a review Brown, John 1860 The Emigrant's Farewell Browne, Liam 2007 Weird And Tragic Shores C.C. Loomis 2000 North-West by South. A novel Cato, Nancy 1980 Tracing the Connected Narrative: Arctic Exploration in British Print Culture 1818-1860 Cavell, Janice Weird and Tragic shores C.C. Loomis Captain John Franklin and Sir Ernest Shackleton: The History of Britain's Most Famous Polar Explorers and Their Expeditions Charles River Editors 2018 Captain John Franklin's Lost Expedition: The History of the British Explorer's Arctic Voyage in Search of the Northwest Passage Charles River Editors 2016 Mr Barrow of the Admiralty Christopher Lloyd 1970 Franklin's footsteps Clements Robert Markham Epitome of spirit-intercourse a condensed view of spiritualism, in its scriptural, historical, actual and scientific aspects;.. Manifestations in Nova Scotia; important communications from the spirits of Sir John Franklin Cridge, Alfred. 1854 The Terror Dan Simmons Unravelling the Franklin Mystery Dave Woodman Strangers among us Dave Woodman On the Proper Use of Stars Dominique Fortier 2011  Encounters on the Passage: The Inuit Meet the Explorers Dorothy Eber Lady Franklin of Russell Square Erika Behrisch Elce Narrative of the Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin and His Party F. Leopold M'Clintock 1859 Les successeurs de Sir John Franklin scènes et tableaux des mers arctiques Feuilleret, Henri, 1880 Schwatka's search; sledging in the Arctic in quest of the  The discovery of Sir John Franklin, and other poems Frederick Schwtcka Franklin, Happy Voyager. Being the life and death of Sir John Franklin G. F. Lamb, John Franklin 1956 Franklin’s Lost Ship: the Historical Discovery of HMS Erebus Geiger, John and Mitchell, Alanna Arctic Labyrinth Glyn Williams Life with the Esquimaux: the narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall Hall, Charles Francis The Navy the Company and Richard King Hugh N. Wallace Sir John Franklin’s Erebus and Terror Expedition: Lost and Found Hutchinson, Gillian Sir John Franklin the discovery of his fate - Forty years silence now made public J. Henry Skewes 1889 Across the top of the world James Delgado Across the top of the world James P. Delgado As Affecting the Fate of My Absent Husband: Selected Letters of Lady Franklin Concerning the Search for the Lost Franklin Expedition  Jane Griffin The Franklin COnspiracy White Horizon: The Arctic in the 19th Century British Imagination Jeffrey Blair Latt Jen Hill The Melancholy Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Party, as Disclosed in Dr. Raes Report; Together with the Despatches and Letters of Captain m'Clure, and Other Officers Employed in the Arctic Expeditions John Rae, Robert M'Clure The melancholy fate of Sir John Franklin and his party, as disclosed in Dr. Rae"s report; together with the despatches and letters of Captain M'Clure, and other officers employed in the Arctic expeditions John Rae/Robert McLure 1854 Trapped John Roobol 2019 Franklin's Fate: an investigation into what happened to the lost 1845 expedition of Sir John Franklin John Roobol Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin a narrative of the circumstances and causes which led to the failure of the searching expeditions sent by government and others for the rescue of Sir John Franklin John Ross 1855 North with Franklin John Wilson Graves of ice the lost Franklin expedition Death in the Ice: The Shocking Story of Franklin's Final Expedition John Wilson Karen Ryan 2018 Lament the night Kassandra Alvarado White passage Kassandra Alvarado Zombies: The Fall of london Kassandra Alvarado Fatal Passage Ken McGoogan 2002 Dead Reckoning Ken McGoogan Dead Reckoning Ken McGoogan Lady Franklin’s Revenge Ken McGoogan Overland to Starvation Cove With the Inuit in Search of Franklin 1878-1880 Klutschak, Heinrich Sir John Franklin: The Search for the Northwest Passage Knudsen, Anders 2007 Notice biographique sur l'amiral Sir John Franklin, correspondant de la Société de géographie La Roquette, Jean Bernard Marie Alexandre Dezos de The Gates of Hell: Sir John Franklin's Tragic Quest for the North West Passage Lambert, Andrew 2009 Adventure to the polar sea,: The story of Sir John Franklin Lambert, Richard Stanton Poems and Songs; with Lectures on the Genius and Works of Burns, and the Rev, George Gilfillan and Letter on Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions LIVINGSTON, PETER 1863 Life of Sir John Franklin and the North-West Passage Markham, Albert Hastings 1891 The Spectral Arctic: A History of Dreams and Ghosts in Polar Exploration McCorristine, Shane Erebus Michael Palin Heroes of Discovery Livingstone, Park, Franklin, Cook, Magellan Mossman, Samuel ARCTIC SOLITUDES Mountevans, Admiral Lord. 1953 Arctic heroes: facts and incidents of Arctic explorations from the earliest voyages to the discovery of the fate of Sir John Franklin Mudge, Z[achariah] 1875 The Search for Franklin; Neatby, Leslie H. The career, last voyage, and fate of Captain Sir John Franklin Osborn, Sherard, 1822-1875 1860 A POEM UPON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN OWEN A VIDAL 1860 Frozen in time Owen Beattie, John Geiger 1984 Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition Owen Beattie, John Geiger 1984 Reflections on the mysterious fate of Sir John Franklin Parsons, James, 1857 Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition Paul Watson 2018 Arctic Grail Pierre Berton Sir John Franklin's Last Arctic Expedition (Search for Sir John Franklin) Richard Cyriax 1939 Wanting Richard Flanagan 2016 Lost! The Franklin Expedition and the Fate of Captain F.R.M. Crozier and the Crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror in 1848-1849 Richard Galaburri The Franklin Expedition from First to Last Richard King The Fate of Franklin Roderick Owen Hunters on the Track Ross, Gillies W Finding Frankllin Russell Potter 2016 Arctic spectacles Russell Potter The Search for the North-West Passage Savours, Anne Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition Scott Cookman 2000 The Beautiful Lie Sheenagh Pugh 2003 A narrative of Arctic discovery, from the earliest period to the present time with the details of the measures adopted by Her Majesty's government for the relief of the expedition under Sir John Franklin Shillinglaw, John J. 1850 Sir John Franklin and the Arctic regions: a narrative, showing the progress of British enterprise for the discovery of the north-west passage duing the nineteenth century Simmonds, P. L. 1853 Sir John Franklin Sir Henry Elliot Sir John Franklin the true secret of the discovery of his fate : a "revelation" : "a little child shall lead them" Skewes, J. Henry 1889 The town of Sir John Franklin : a history of Spilsby in Lincolnshire, with notes on Eresby and other places connected therewith Smith, Harry Cotton 1892 Captain Francis Crozier: Last Man Standing? Smith, Michael The Discovery Of Slowness Sten Nadolny 2019 The Relief of the Franklin Expedition: What Has Been Done and What May Yet Be Done Stuart, John Thompson, George Malcolm The North-West Passage The Life of Sir John Franklin RN Traill, Henry Duff The discovery of Sir John Franklin, and other poems Turner, J. A 1858 Relics of the Franklin Expedition Walpole, Garth and Potter, Russell Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition Watson, Paul Franklin and McClintock: Poems WEST, David S. 1977 The frozen Deep Wilkie Collins James Fitzjames: The Mistery man of the Franklin expedition William Battersby The Franklin Expedition: Or Considerations on Measures for the Discovery and Relief of Our Absent Adventurers in the Arctic Regions William Scoresby 1850 The Man Who Ate His Boots: Remarkable Story of Sir John Franklin,1786-1847 Wilson, Catherine M. 1994 Boundless: Adventures in the Northwest Passage Winter, Kathleen Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions: The Narrative of a Polar Explorer (Paperback) Great Explorers: Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, Mungo Park, Sir John Franklin, David Livingstone, Christopher Columbus, etc.