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Caesar, Ed.
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Wilson, Maurice, 1898-1934.
Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
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Caesar, Ed.
Wilson, Maurice, 1898-1934.
Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
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The
moth
and the
mountain
: a
true
story
of
love
,
war
, and
Everest
/ Ed Caesar.
by
Caesar, Ed.
Avid Reader Press, 2020.
Call #:
796.522092 C128m
Subjects
Wilson, Maurice, 1898-1934.
Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Mountaineering --
Everest
, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History.
Everest
, Mount (China and Nepal)
ISBN:
9781501143373 (hc.)
Alternate title:
True
story
of
love
,
war
, and
Everest
Description:
xxiv, 259 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258).
Summary:
"An extraordinary
true
story
about one man’s attempt to salve the wounds of
war
and save his own soul through an audacious adventure. In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount
Everest
, a little-known World
War
I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to
Everest
, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit -- all utterly alone. Wilson doesn’t know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and a deep yearning to achieve his goal. In 1933, he takes off from London in a Gipsy
Moth
biplane with his course set for the highest
mountain
on earth. Wilson’s eleven-month journey to
Everest
is wild: full of twists, turns, and daring. Eventually, in disguise, he sneaks into Tibet. His icy ordeal is just beginning. Wilson is one of the Great War’s heroes, but also one of its victims. His hometown of Bradford in northern England is ripped apart by the fighting. So is his family. He barely survives the
war
himself. Wilson returns from the conflict unable to cope with the sadness that engulfs him. He begins a years-long trek around the world, burning through marriages and relationships, leaving damaged lives in his wake. When he finally returns to England, nearly a decade after he first left, he finds himself falling in
love
once more -- this time with his best friend’s wife -- before depression overcomes him again. He emerges from his funk with a crystalline ambition. He wants to be the first man to stand on top of the world. Wilson believes that
Everest
can redeem him. This is the tale of an adventurer unlike any you have ever encountered: complex, driven, wry, haunted, and fully alive. He is a man written out of the history books -- dismissed as an eccentric, and gossiped about because of rumors of his transvestism. The
Moth
and the
Mountain
restores Maurice Wilson to his rightful place in the annals of
Everest
and tells an unforgettable
story
about the power of the human spirit in the face of adversity."
Genre:
Biographies.
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