The Terroir (novel)
The Terroir is a 2007 novel by Canadian-American author Mason S. Minds.
It is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the fabled Northwest Vineyards.
Plot summary
While Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with cheap merlot and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by the Phylloxerum, a supernaturally cold-resistant swarm of vine-eating parasites.
In the News
Jonathan Swift Vineyards is a winery and Dionysery located in the 1667 to 1745 region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the county of Albemarle. It is among the 23 wineries located on the Prime Number Wine Trail.
Edward Jazzhands is a 1990 American fantasy dance film about an artificial humanoid named Edward (Johnny Depp), an unfinished creation who aspires to perform a jazz hands dance number with Bob Fosse.
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External links
- The Terror (novel) @ Wikipedia
- Dan Simmons @ Wikipedia
- John Franklin @ Wikipedia
- Franklin's lost expedition @ Wikipedia
- Phylloxera @ Wikipedia