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The Mammoth Book of Everest: From the First Attempts to Today, 40 First-Hand Accounts
Jon E. Lewis
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Paperback. 40 eyewitness accounts from the first attempts on the summit in the 1920s to the disasters of 2014 Num Pages: 512 pages, no plate section/illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 354.
This selection of the very best writing on Everest begins with the first attempts and continues, via Mallory's failed bid and Hillary and Tenzing's triumph, to the disasters of recent years. It features 35 white-knuckle accounts of climbing on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the 'Death Zone' best - the climbers themselves. But this is much more than just the best of exhilarating first-hand accounts of climbing on Everest. It includes the full history of the conquest of Everest, and ... Read more
This selection of the very best writing on Everest begins with the first attempts and continues, via Mallory's failed bid and Hillary and Tenzing's triumph, to the disasters of recent years. It features 35 white-knuckle accounts of climbing on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the 'Death Zone' best - the climbers themselves. But this is much more than just the best of exhilarating first-hand accounts of climbing on Everest. It includes the full history of the conquest of Everest, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Mammoth Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472120182
SKU
V9781472120182
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About Jon E. Lewis
Jon E. Lewis is a writer and historian. His many previous books include bestsellers The Mammoth Book of the West, The Mammoth Book of Polar Journeys, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories and World War II: The Autobiography. He lives in Herefordshire, England, with his partner and children.
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