Hampton Sides, the bestselling author of "Ghost Soldiers," "In the Kingdom of Ice" and "On Desperate Ground," returns with "The Wide Wide Sea" (Doubleday), the story of Captain James Cook, and an ...

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a ...

Hampton Sides will discuss and sign “The Wide Wide Sea” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, at Collected Works, 202 Galisteo St. in Santa Fe. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, Sides will be at the Main ...

"A lot of things started going wrong from the very beginning," historian Hampton Sides says of Cook's last voyage, which ended in the British... 'The Wide Wide Sea' revisits Capt. James Cook's fateful ...

Author Hampton Sides spent a month as an Aspen Words’ writer-in-residence in 2020 drafting a section in his New York Times-bestselling “The Wide Wide Sea.” The nonfiction book, published in 2024, is ...

I recall a few years ago when friends explained they were planning a vacation to the Cook Islands. This faraway location sounded inviting if mysterious. While it still sounds inviting, there’s less ...

Hampton Sides will talk about his book “The Wide Wide Sea” in a meet and greet event at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 15, at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW. The book’s subtitle is “Imperial Ambition, First ...

English explorer Captain James Cook (1728 - 1779) proclaims New South Wales a British possession, shortly after his landing at Botany Bay. His ship, the Endeavour can be seen in the background.