INTO THIN AIR: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster.
by Krakauer, Jon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very near fine in a like dustjacket (corners slightly bumped.)/like
- ISBN 10
- 0679457526
- ISBN 13
- 9780679457527
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Villard,, (1997.). Hardcover -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (corners slightly bumped.). Later printing. A gripping account of the deadliest season on Mount Everest, one in which Krakauer survived but five of his fellow climbers did not. Not just an adventure story: this also focuses on why climbers take such risks, and the consequences of the growing commercialization of climbing in the Himalayas. Illustrated with wood cuts and photographs. Brief bibliography. 293 pp. Map endpapers.
Synopsis
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a bestselling non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer.
Reviews
On Feb 28 2017, a reader said:
very suspenseful. Interesting and sounds dangerous.
On Oct 2 2010, AngelaAndrews said:
The book arrived in excellent condition. It was like-new!
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55961
- Title
- INTO THIN AIR: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster.
- Author
- Krakauer, Jon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket (corners slightly bumped.)
- Jacket Condition
- like
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679457526
- ISBN 13
- 9780679457527
- Publisher
- Villard,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1997.)
- Keywords
- himalayas, autobiography,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering and climbing;
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