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Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes Paperback - 2010
by Maurice Isserman; Stewart Weaver
In the first comprehensive history of Himalayan mountaineering in 50 years, the authors offer detailed, original accounts of the most significant climbs since the 1890s, and they compellingly evoke the social and cultural worlds that gave rise to those expeditions.
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- Title Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes
- Author Maurice Isserman; Stewart Weaver
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Complete Numbers
- Pages 592
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Yale University Press, Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
- Date 2010-02-23
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780300164206 / 0300164203
- Weight 2.22 lbs (1.01 kg)
- Dimensions 9.94 x 7.14 x 1.26 in (25.25 x 18.14 x 3.20 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007044696
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.522
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- New York Times Book Review, 02/21/2010, Page 20
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Yale University Press, 2010. Softcover. Like New. 7x1x10. The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who also came to test their skills and courage against the worldâs highest and most dangerous mountains. In this lively and generously illustrated book, historians Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver present the first comprehensive history of Himalayan mountaineering in fifty years. They offer detailed, original accounts of the most significant climbs since the 1890s, and they compellingly evoke the social and cultural worlds that gave rise to those expeditions.The book recounts the adventures of such figures as Martin Conway, who led the first authentic Himalayan climbing expedition in 1892; Fanny Bullock Workman, the pioneer explorer of the Karakoram range; George Mallory, the romantic martyr of Mount Everest fame; Charlie Houston,…
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