THE DISHONORABLE DR COOK: Debunking the Notorious Mount McKinley Hoax
by Peter Cherici, Bradford Washburn
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0898868041
- ISBN 13
- 9780898868043
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Frederick Albert Cook (1865-940) was an American doctor and explorer who, in 1906, claimed that he had reached the peak of Mount McKinley, making him the first to scale North America's highest mountain. He had not. At the time, there were questions, inquiries, and an endless trail of fake photographs, incorrect maps and bribed witnesses.
This book's authors spent decades gathering evidence to disprove Cook's claim; this book details how false it was.
It is 193 pages, including loads of photos and maps--and a color pull-out map.
Unclipped dust jacket. Almost no shelfwear--the dust jacket is deliberately designed to look like an old photo album.
Until now, it was unopened. But, just around the edges, the paper has started to yellow. That may also be deliberate--I don't know. But it's an expensively-produced piece. Beautiful book.
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- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1093
- Title
- THE DISHONORABLE DR COOK
- Author
- Peter Cherici, Bradford Washburn
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0898868041
- ISBN 13
- 9780898868043
- Publisher
- The Mountaineers Books
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 193
- Keywords
- Frederick Cook, Denali, Mountaineering, Climbing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; Scandal; Nature & Environment; Biography, Autobiography, True Stories; Adventure, Travel & Exploration;
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