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Title Epic : stories of survival from the world's highest peaks / edited by Clint Willis.

Publication Info. New York : Thunder's Mouth Press ; Emeryville, CA : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [1997]
©1997

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  796.522 EPIC    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note "A Balliett & Fitzgerald book."
Contents The Devils Thumb / Jon Krakauer -- from Thin air: Encounters in the Himalayas / Greg Child -- from Everest: Alone at the Summit / Stephen Venables -- Dangerous liaisons / John Climaco -- from Savage arena / Joe Tasker -- from The shining mountain / Peter Boardman -- from The snow leopard / Peter Matthiessen -- from Minus 148: The winter ascent of Mt. McKinley / Art Davidson -- from The mountain of my fear / David Roberts -- from Everest: The West Ridge / Tom Hornbein -- from K2: The savage mountain / Robert Bates and Charles Houston -- from Annapurna / Maurice Herzog -- from Nanda Devi / Eric Shipton -- from The ascent of Nanda Devi / H.W. Tilman -- from Endurance: Shackleton's incredible voyage / Alfred Lansing.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 342).
Subject Mountaineering.
Mountaineers -- Biography.
Added Author Willis, Clint.
Added Title Stories of survival from the world's highest peaks
ISBN 1560251549 paperback
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