{"product_id":"the-search-for-thomas-kerr-jean-d-day-9781508927648","title":"The Search for Thomas Kerr: Mariner, Mapmaker, Missionary, Meteorologist","description":"There's something irresistible about a diary, especially one from over 150 years ago discovered under a house. Scrawled cryptic entries on water-stained pages, near-impossible to read, but hinting at the story of a man's adventures sailing in the South Pacific. That random find sent author Jean Day on a fifty-year journey of discovery where she found uncanny parallels between her life and that of the long-departed diarist, Thomas Kerr. This book is the story of how she unravelled the tangled threads of the careers he followed; his travels across the globe, from being an orphan in Devonport England; to becoming a naval officer and taking part in charting NZ on the HMS Pandora and fighting in the Chinese Opium Wars .His life as a Melanesian missionary in the islands around Vanuatu; and then as Vicar of Devonport NZ; and his final years as a meteorologist at Valentia, Ireland; until his death in 1875.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean D. Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1508927642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781508927648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.67d","brand":"Jean D. Day","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445255876863,"sku":"9781508927648","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e85ff658-e709-4d54-bb3b-e0e2921b4def.jpg?v=1777217521","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-search-for-thomas-kerr-jean-d-day-9781508927648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}