Beth Jones
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Journalist, educator, author.
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A Dream at the End of the Earth
1. Crocker Land: On First Sight It was 1906, the Arctic Circle. Admiral Robert Peary, explorer in round goggles, scuffed reindeer parka, snow and ice a mile thick under his feet and caked in his beard and eyebrows, had destiny and the end of the world behind him. He had come close to the North Pole, but his dash an exit across miles of rough sea ice, escaping the vast melting shelf with twenty-six dogs, four Inuit mushers, fourteen crew men, and his life, but without seven of his toes. It was another foiled attempt at reaching the pole.
By Beth Jones5 years ago in Wander
The Ghosts of Fabbriche di Careggine
Jessa was raised by ghosts. Her great grandfather, Gino Della Nebbia, and his great grandfather, and grandfathers back to the 1200's, had formed a long line of callous-fingered iron workers, farmers, and quarrymen in the Tuscan village of Fabbriche di Careggine.
By Beth Jones5 years ago in Families
