UK Travel Insurance The Navigator of New York Author: Wayne Johnston Hardcover Usually ships in 24 hours Delivery is subject to warehouse availability. Shipping delays may occur if we receive more orders than stock. Our Price: $37.00 Our Sale Price: $25.90 Savings: $11.10 (30%) Ordering is 100% secure . Spend $39 or more at chapters.indigo.ca and your order ships free!. ( Details ) Dimensions: 496 Pages | Canadian Author | ISBN: 0676975321 Published: September 2002 | Published by Knopf Canada From the Publisher From the bestselling author of The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (“brilliant and accomplished” -- Annie Proulx), an epic novel of one man’s quest for the secret of his origins that ranges from the bustling streets of nineteenth-century New York to the remotest regions of the Arctic. As a young child in St. John’s, Devlin Stead and his mother, Amelia, are suddenly abandoned by his father, Dr. Francis Stead, who flees north to practise medicine among the Eskimos. Distraught by his absence, Amelia throws herself into the icy ocean from Signal Hill. Rather than return home, his father joins the American Lieutenant Peary on one of his attempts to reach the North Pole, but wanders off from camp one night and is never seen again. Now orphaned, Devlin grows up an outcast and a loner, attended to by his devoted aunt Daphne and his taciturn physician uncle. And then one day his uncle summons Devlin to his office and hands him an extraordinary letter from the explorer, Dr. Frederick Cook -- the first of several that will change everything Devlin thought he knew about himself. He will sail to New York to become Dr. Cook’s protégé, to be introduced into society, and eventually to accompany him on his race to reach the Pole before his arch-rival Peary. It is in Manhattan that Devlin falls in love with a young woman with an astonishing family connection to Amelia. In The Navigator of New York Wayne Johnston’s descriptions of place -- whether of the frozen Arctic wastes or the city of New York, bursting with the energy of a metropolis about to become the capital city of the globe -- evoke an extraordinary physicality and conviction. A remarkable achievement that seamlessly weaves fact and fabrication, it continues the masterful reinvention of the historical novel Wayne Johnston began with his lavishly praised The Colony of Unrequited Dreams . About the Author Wayne Johnston’s most recent novel is the bestselling Colony of Unrequited Dreams , which was nominated for both the Governor General’s Award and the Giller Prize, and winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction and the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize. His four other novels include The Divine Ryans and Human Amusements . Baltimore’s Mansion , his bestselling memoir, won the inaugural Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction and the University of British Columbia Medal for Canadian Biography. Wayne Johnston was born and raised in Newfoundland and now lives in Toronto. Review Quotes Praise for Wayne Johnston: “ The Colony of Unrequited Dreams makes Wayne Johnston one of those formidable Canadians, like Alice Munro or Margaret Atwood, that Americans simply can’t ignore.” -- Newsday “[A] prodigiously talented author. . . . Wayne Johnston is well on his way to becoming the most distinctive talent this country has produced since Mordecai Richler.” -- The Globe and Mail “ Baltimore’s Mansion [is] a masterpiece of creative non-fiction.” -- National Post “ The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is a classic historical novel [that] will make a permanent mark on our literature.” -- The Toronto Star “Mesmerizing.” -- The New York Times Book Review Info Desk iREWARDS Program About Our Company Affiliate Opportunities Careers Contact Us Corporate Sales Gift Certificates Privacy Policy Shipping Rates Store Locations Wish List chapters.indigo.ca: books Shopping Bag | Account Centre | Wish List | Help iREWARDS Program | Corporate Sales | Store Locations All Products Books DVD Video Gifts Books Advanced Search Search Tips About this Book From the Publisher About the Author Read from the Book Review Quotes Browse Books Art and Architecture Audiobooks Biography & Memoir Business and Finance Children's Books Computers Entertainment Family and Relationships Fiction and Literature Food and Drink Health and Well Being History Home and Garden Mystery and Suspense Reference and Language Religion and Spirituality Romance Science and Nature Science Fiction and Fantasy Social and Cultural Studies Sports Travel Coles Notes . 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