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Isserman, Maurice.
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Mountaineering -- Himalaya Mountains -- History.
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
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Isserman, Maurice.
Mountaineering -- Himalaya Mountains -- History.
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
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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.
by
Isserman, Maurice.
Yale University Press, c2008.
Call #:
796.522095496 I86f
Subjects
Mountaineering -- Himalaya Mountains -- History.
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9780300115017 (cloth : alk. paper)
0300115016 (cloth : alk. paper)
Description:
xii, 579 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-564) and index.
Contents:
When men and mountains meet -- Age of empire, 1892-1914 -- Because it is there: George Mallory and the fight for Everest, 1921-1924 -- Random harvest of delight, 1929-1933 -- Himalayan hey-day, 1934-1939 -- Golden age postponed, 1940-1950 -- Don't be a chicken-hearted fellow: Everest, 1950-1953 -- Golden age of Himalayan climbing, 1953-1960 -- New frontiers, new faces, 1961-1970 -- Age of extremes, 1971-1996.
Other authors:
Weaver
,
Stewart
Angas
.
Molenaar, Dee.
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