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Fallen giants : a history of Himalayan mountaineering from the age of empire to the age of extremes
- Title
- 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.
- Author
- Isserman, Maurice.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 08-727 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- xii, 579 p. : ill., maps; 27 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-564) and index.
- Contents
- When men and mountains meet -- The age of empire, 1892-1914 -- Because it is there : George Mallory and the fight for Everest, 1921-1924 -- A random harvest of delight, 1929-1933 -- Himalayan hey-day, 1934-1939 -- The golden age postponed, 1940-1950 -- Don't be a chicken-hearted fellow : Everest, 1950-1953 -- The golden age of Himalayan climbing, 1953-1960 -- New frontiers, new faces, 1961-1970 -- The age of extremes, 1971-1996.
- Call Number
- JFF 08-727
- ISBN
- 9780300115017 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0300115016 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007044696
- OCLC
- 181424034
- Author
- Isserman, Maurice.
- Title
- 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.
- Imprint
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-564) and index.
- Added Author
- Weaver, Stewart Angas.Molenaar, Dee.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 08-727