| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 655 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"A Borzoi book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [579]-623) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Mallory, George, 1886-1924.
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Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Mount Everest Expedition (1924)
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Influence.
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| ISBN |
9780375408892 |
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0375408894 |
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