Title Fallen giants : a history of Himalayan mountaineering from the age of empire to the age of extremes / Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver ; with maps and peak sketches by Dee Molenaar.

Publication Info.	New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2008]
	copyright 2008

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 579 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [539]-564) and index.
Contents	When men and mountains meet -- The age of empire, 1892-1914 -- Because it is there : George Mallory and the fight for Everest, 1921-1924 -- A random harvest of delight, 1929-1933 -- Himalayan hey-day, 1934-1939 -- The golden age postponed, 1940-1950 -- Don't be a chicken-hearted fellow : Everest, 1950-1953 -- The golden age of Himalayan climbing, 1953-1960 -- New frontiers, new faces, 1961-1970 -- The age of extremes, 1971-1996.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Mountaineering -- Himalaya Mountains -- History.
	Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Mountaineering.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
	Mountaineering. (OCoLC)fst01028334
	Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
	Himalaya Mountains. (OCoLC)fst01242048
	Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
	Mountaineering -- Himalaya Mountains -- History.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Added Author	Weaver, Stewart Angas.
	Molenaar, Dee.
Other Form:	Print version: Isserman, Maurice. Fallen giants. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008 9780300115017 (DLC) 2007044696 (OCoLC)181424034
ISBN	9780300142662 (electronic bk.)
	0300142668 (electronic bk.)

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