EPIC : Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks
by Clint Willis (Editor)
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- Paperback
- first
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- NEW - COLLECTIBLE/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 1560251549
- ISBN 13
- 9781560251545
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New York, NY: Thunder's Mouth Press/Balliett & Fitzgerakd, 1997. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. Fold-over softcover/Fine. Anthology of 15 memorable expeditions to world-famous peaks. Chronicles of high adventure of skilled mountaineering sportsmen, all of whom are also gifted writers. Contents are: 1, The Devils Thumb (Jon Krakauer); 2, from Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas (Greg Child); 3, from Everest: Alone at the Summit (Stephen Venables); 4, Dangerous Liaisons (John Climaco); 5, From Savage Arena (Joe Tasker); 6, from The Shining Mountain (Peter Boardman); 7, from the Snow Leaopard (Peter Matthiessen); 8, from Minus 148 Degrees: The Winter Ascent of Mt McKinley (Art Davidson); 9, from The Mountain of My Fear (David Roberts); 10, from Everest: The West Ridge (Tom Hornbein); 11, from K2: The Savage Mountain (Robert Bates & Charles Houston); 12, from Annapurna (Maurice Herzog); 13, from Nanda Devi (Eric Shipton); 14 from The Ascent of Nanda Devi (H.W. Tilman); and, 15, from Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Alfred Lansing), followed by Glossary.
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- Title
- EPIC : Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks
- Author
- Clint Willis (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1560251549
- ISBN 13
- 9781560251545
- Publisher
- Thunder's Mouth Press/Balliett & Fitzgerakd
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Anthology/Mountaineering/Memoir/Adventure/Prose Narratives
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- Narratives/Essays/Prose;
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