Title:
Into the silence : the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of Everest / Wade Davis.
Author:
Davis, Wade.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, ©2011.
Call Number:
GV199.92.M356 D38 2011
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Abstract:
Describes British climbers' attempts to scale Mount Everest in the early 1920s, discussing such topics as the role of imperial ambition in the expedition and the way in which the ascent reflected England's post-World War I redemption efforts.
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Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780375408892
9780676979190
Physical Description:
xiv, 655 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
General Note:
Maps on lining papers.
"A Borzoi book."
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Contents:
Great Gable -- Everest imagined -- The plan of attack -- Hinks's watch -- Enter Mallory -- The doorway to the mountain -- The blindness of birds -- Eastern approaches -- The North Col -- The summit of their desires -- Finch's triumph -- The thread of life -- The price of life is death.
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