Barry Stewart is a collector of antiquarian books and maps and avid reader of history related to the early exploration of northwest America and the Arctic. He divides his time between Alberta, British Columbia, and Arizona. He has previously published Across the Land...a Canadian journey of discovery, which describes Canada’s people, places, history, and idiosyncrasies, and Drake’s Dilemma and Vancouver’s Vengeance, the first books in this series that now includes Franklin’s Fate.