Coogan's all true story of a supremely literate explorer who forged a unique, life-saving alliance with the Inuit while discovering "the American route to the North Pole." In the 1850s, after sailing farther north than anyone else, Elisha Kane got trapped in the pack ice off Greenland. He battled starvation, disease and a near mutiny before abandoning ship to lead an astounding escape in sleds and small boats.  (ARC209, $28.00)