The Hard Years
by Brown, Joe
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0140039325
- ISBN 13
- 9780140039320
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975 9780140039320. First paperback edition of this autobiographical account of the childhood, youth and early adult life of the legendary 'hard man' of British mountaineering. This is a well-thumbed copy with creasing and damage to the spine but no inscriptions or annotations. In some ways this oft read copy endears the book to me! 256 pages including index. Memoirs of a famous climber who led the resurgence of British rock-climbing in the 1950s, often in partnership with Don Whillans, pioneering many new climbs of exceptional severity. He also made some notable ascents in the Alps and the Himalayas. This is, however, a book which should be of interest to more than just the mountaineering community. As a fellow working-class resident of Greater Manchester, I found his account of the city and its Pennine backcloth in the years of WWII and its aftermath to be authentic enough to stir many memories. .
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2286
- Title
- The Hard Years
- Author
- Brown, Joe
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0140039325
- ISBN 13
- 9780140039320
- Publisher
- Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975 9780140039320
- Place of Publication
- U.k.
- This edition first published
- March 30, 1976
- Keywords
- Joe Brown Autobiography Mountaineering Rockclimbing Working Class Manchester QSE
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David Edward Hellawell
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands
About David Edward Hellawell
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