Screen LibraryInto the silence：the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of Everest
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Alfred A. Knopf,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 655 p.: ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Publication Frequency: | Also issued in electronic format. |
| ISBN: |
9780375408892 0375408894 |
| Index Number: | K835 |
| CLC: | K835.615.4 |
| Call Number: | K835.615.4/M255D |
| Contents: |
Maps on lining papers. "A Borzoi book." Includes bibliographical references (p. [579]-623) and index. Great Gable -- Everest imagined -- The plan of attack -- Hinks's watch -- Enter Mallory -- The doorway to the mountain -- The blindness of birds -- Eastern approaches -- The North Col -- The summit of their desires -- Finch's triumph -- The thread of li Describes British climbers' attempts to scale Mount Everest in the early 1920s, discussing such topics as the role of imperial ambition in the expedition and the way in which the ascent reflected England's post-World War I redemption efforts. |