tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post7247212978422875692..comments2024-03-18T18:05:25.821-07:00Comments on VISIONS OF THE NORTH: Chauncey Loomis, 1930-2009Russell Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-14393408630944231132015-12-24T06:35:32.815-08:002015-12-24T06:35:32.815-08:00I didn't know where to put this comment, if in...I didn't know where to put this comment, if in the wrong place, I'm sorry. I have just finished Give Me My Father's Body, from OpenLibrary (free). Thoroughly enjoyed it, and so pleased that in the afterword, that there was a happy ending of sorts.<br />I find your websites amazingly useful. Thank you Russell.PhilipOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-67629120270532781882015-11-29T10:13:16.728-08:002015-11-29T10:13:16.728-08:00Thanks Russell. The first two books are also freel...Thanks Russell. The first two books are also freely available on openlibrary.<br /><br />Thanks for pointing out the other post on Hall. Really fascinating. Life is so much richer than fiction, but this would make great drama if it wasn't real. Maybe someone will write a story one day on Hall.PhilipOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-59760745374055435012015-11-29T09:50:49.332-08:002015-11-29T09:50:49.332-08:00Also, in case you may have missed it, I recently p...Also, in case you may have missed it, I recently posted some <a href="http://visionsnorth.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-motive-for-murder-of-charles-francis.html" rel="nofollow">new evidence</a> about Hall's murder that I think would have convinced Chauncey, had his lived to know of it.Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-24450505541032896352015-11-29T09:49:02.473-08:002015-11-29T09:49:02.473-08:00Hi Phillip, and thanks for your comments -- good t...Hi Phillip, and thanks for your comments -- good to know that <i>Weird and Tragic Shores</i> is available via OpenLibrary! My course texts vary from semester to semester, but among the other student favorites are Kenn Harper's <i>Give Me My Father's Body: The Story of Minik, the New York Eskimo</i>, Lawrence Millman's <i>A Kayak Full of Ghosts</i> and Edward Beauclerk Maurice's <i>Last Gentleman Adventurer</i>.Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-83980165114183795082015-11-29T09:41:26.855-08:002015-11-29T09:41:26.855-08:00On a separate note Russell, you say "my stude...On a separate note Russell, you say "my students find among the most readable and engaging on my list of texts". Is there a public list of your recommended texts? And which ones do your students find most readable, apart from Weird and Tragic Shores?<br />PhilipOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-6416006144571696952015-11-29T09:07:05.749-08:002015-11-29T09:07:05.749-08:00I have just finished Weird and Tragic Shores. Havi...I have just finished Weird and Tragic Shores. Having read many arctic 'journals' and books, this biography of an arctic explorer stands out as well researched, genuine and balanced, and in my opinion is a "must read" for polar-philes. I got my copy from the online library Openlibrary.org so it is freely available.<br />Thank you Chauncey Loomis.<br />PhilipOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-2942616103621452922015-04-15T12:07:52.337-07:002015-04-15T12:07:52.337-07:00Professor Loomis was my first and favorite profess...Professor Loomis was my first and favorite professor at Dartmouth. An inspiration and a friend. I still have my copy of Weird and Tragic Shores. God bless you Chauncey Loomis. Rest in peace.Kevin Cranmer, MDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-53262047889499415112015-01-05T06:17:58.817-08:002015-01-05T06:17:58.817-08:00Mark, thanks to you and others of Chauncey's s...Mark, thanks to you and others of Chauncey's students for your comments! Although he and I corresponded for many years, I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person -- clearly, he's left quite a legacy.Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-91896217037850128932015-01-04T14:15:21.449-08:002015-01-04T14:15:21.449-08:00I had Loomis at Dartmouth to read Milton Paradise ...I had Loomis at Dartmouth to read Milton Paradise Lost and then 2 years later Faulkner The Sound and The Fury; thank you, ye Gods, for that opportunity!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-40632465104102508602013-07-04T16:42:44.774-07:002013-07-04T16:42:44.774-07:00He was an inspirational professor at Dartmouth, my...He was an inspirational professor at Dartmouth, my favorite by far. I am sorry to learn of his passing.cape_cod_samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541147989099540978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-27840736971466614152011-10-05T20:28:29.371-07:002011-10-05T20:28:29.371-07:00Thanks for posting the link to the article. I didn...Thanks for posting the link to the article. I didn't know he had died until I saw this post. He was a wonderful professor.Lori Lamothehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054500545868615907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-30187275011268111162009-09-11T06:13:31.852-07:002009-09-11T06:13:31.852-07:00I do remember reading several of his books more th...I do remember reading several of his books more than 20 years. I can't say I remember much about them, except that they were good. Perhaps i should re-read them. Scholarship has lost another worthy scribe.xibalbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00224952131898257723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-51439612688534594902009-09-10T14:20:27.418-07:002009-09-10T14:20:27.418-07:00Just read your post,sad news,although i have not r...Just read your post,sad news,although i have not read any of his books that you have mentioned,I did see Chauncey being interviewed on the 2001 programme "Artic Tomb" where speaking of Charles Francis Hall he comes over very well.Bill Greenwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717981465554521605noreply@blogger.com