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With customary depth and insight, David Bain illumines the

United States's nineteenth-century exploration of the Holy Land. To

lead the expedition, the navy tabbed William Francis Lynch, an

officer eager to enter the esteemed yet dangerous field of

Victorian exploration. Like many of his successful contemporaries,

Lynch was well-read, and possessed an independent nature, but in a

man who also preferred organization to chaos, and with a character

that tended toward the obsessive. The expedition would force a

juxtaposition of the ancient world with the modern, as the world's

newest power attempted an exhaustive scientific study of the waters

of the cradle of civilization.

Beyond its fascinating topic, Bitter Waters is full of broad

allusions from the period that demonstrate Bain's deep

understanding of America, and serve to make the work appealing for

general scholars and lay readers. Heroically engaging unfamiliar

terrain, hostile Bedouins, and ancient mysteries, Lynch and his

party epitomize their nation's spirit of Manifest Destiny in the

days before the Civil War.

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DAVID HAWARD BAIN's four previous books of

nonfiction include Empire Express which was a New York

Times bestseller and Sitting in Darkness. His articles

and essays have appeared in Smithsonian, American

Heritage, Kenyon Review, and Prairie Schooner. He

teaches at Middlebury College and lives in Middlebury, Vermont.

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With customary depth and insight, David Bain illumines the United States's nineteenth-century exploration of the Holy Land. To lead the expedition, the navy tabbed William Francis Lynch, an officer eager to enter the esteemed yet dangerous field of Victorian exploration. Like many of his successful contemporaries, Lynch was well-read, and possessed an independent nature, but in a man who also preferred organization to chaos, and with a character that tended toward the obsessive. The expedition would force a juxtaposition of the ancient world with the modern, as the world's newest power attempted an exhaustive scientific study of the waters of the cradle of civilization.

Beyond its fascinating topic, Bitter Waters is full of broad allusions from the period that demonstrate Bain's deep understanding of America, and serve to make the work appealing for general scholars and lay readers. Heroically engaging unfamiliar terrain, hostile Bedouins, and ancient mysteries, Lynch and his party epitomize their nation's spirit of Manifest Destiny in the days before the Civil War.