Into the Silence
The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2011]
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 655 pages) : illustrations, maps
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.
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.
Subjects:
Mallory, George, 1886-1924.
Mount Everest Expedition (1924)
Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Influence.
Mallory, George, 1886-1924.
Mount Everest Expedition (1924)
Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Influence.
ISBN:
9780676979190
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Ebook
Maps on lining papers.
"A Borzoi book."
Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [579]-623) and index.
Description based on print version record.
"A Borzoi book."
Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [579]-623) and index.
Description based on print version record.