Into the silence : the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of Everest / Wade Davis.
2011
GV199.92.M356 D38 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Into the silence : the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of Everest / Wade Davis.
Author
Davis, Wade.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780375408892
0375408894
0375408894
Imprint
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 655 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
GV199.92.M356 D38 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.522092 B
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.
Note
Maps on lining papers.
"A Borzoi book."
"A Borzoi book."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of 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.
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.