Elizabeth Judd Taylor's Reviews > Ancient Mariner

Actually a 3.5... I liked this book, but I wanted to like it more. I think the main problem I have is that I feel a little uneasy when biographers write "conversations" between people, or tell us what someone was thinking when they could not possibly know (ie that someone was thinking only of his wife when he died). I understand that in many cases an educated guess can be made, a believable dialogue invented; still, it just feels weird to me. However, the author obviously has an affection for his subject, and Samuel Hearne is fascinating. If nothing else this bio made me want to learn more about him.