A Crack in the Edge of the World Free Audiobook Download by Simon Winchester

Set in the early days of the California Gold Rush, this audiobook tells the story of Joseph Heywood and his family who set out to cross America by wagon. They find an abandoned mine shaft while traveling through Nevada, where they meet up with a group of stranded miners. In order to keep their wagon from descending into the treacherous hole, Joseph's son Scott ties a rope around its axle as they bounce down the dangerous path. The father and son would have to fight for their lives against wild animals and a scorching desert sun during their journey.

Simon Winchester tells the story of a crack in the edge of the world. Through his own personal experience as well as many others' accounts, he chronicles what it was like to live during the American Revolution and explore that crack. There is something about this book that ties it all together for me. The narrator's voice, along with very different people, has a voice that can be tied back to my own life. I love how personal this story is and how relatable it is to our lives today.

The book begins in 1874 with a mountain of ice slowly breaking away from the face of a glacier on Mount Saint Elias, Alaska. Simon Winchester places the reader in the moment, when he and his three companions are trekking up to their destination. This moment is the first glimpse that we get of the story ahead of us. The group spends a few days struggling through the treacherous terrain before they reach the final point in their journey. They discover an enormous crevasse whose edge is about to give way; these explorers are now at the end of the world. From here, a hero's journey into uncharted territory begins as they climb down into this dark hole using only hand-held lanterns, ropes, and axes.

A Crack in the Edge of the World is a great story that reads like a detective novel, but it's also a fascinating tale about exploration and engineering. A Crack in the Edge of the World takes us on an exciting adventure to the Arctic and beyond as we learn about early Arctic exploration, where explorers would brave storms, food shortages, and even death itself in search of wealth and power.

A Crack in the Edge of the World is a fantastic audiobook download by Simon Winchester. If you are looking for something to listen to during your commute, this fantastic audiobook is perfect for your commute with its informative details and captivating story line.

In A Crack in the Edge of the World, Simon Winchester tells the true story of the race to find a long-lost ship that vanished on its maiden voyage in 1875. He takes readers on a journey from London to South America over six months. Many people believed that the ship had been found and there was great rejoicing when President McKinley was greeted by an American flag with stars and stripes proudly fluttering in the background. But this was not the case. The search for the ship continued and it took years to finally find it.