Excerpt from The Northern Lights by Lucy Jago, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Name: The Northern Lights
Rating: 4.7 (3 reviews)
Author: Lucy Jago
ISBN: 9780375409806

The Northern Lights

The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis

by Lucy Jago

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First Published:
Sep 1, 2001, 320 pages

Paperback:
Oct 2002, 320 pages

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- Science, Health and the Environment
- Travel & Adventure
- Alaska & Other Polar/Sub Polar Regions
- Global
- Early 20th Century
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Flickering, flickering,
Hammer in its leg
Birch bark in its hand.

From The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis, by Lucy Jago. © September 25, 2001, reprinted by permission of the publisher, Knopf.

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