Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest

Name: Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SKU: 9780375708152-G
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By Wade Davis

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The definitive story of the British adventurers who survived the trenches of World War I and went on to risk their lives climbing Mount Everest. On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Everest's North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain's finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a twenty-two-year-old Oxford scholar with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them returned. Drawing on more than a decade of prodigious research, bestselling author and explorer Wade Davis vividly re-creates the heroic efforts of Mallory and his fellow climbers, setting their significant achievements in sweeping historical context: from Britain's nineteen-century imperial ambitions to the war that shaped Mallory's generation. Theirs was a country broken, and the Everest expeditions emerged as a powerful symbol of national redemption and hope. In Davis's rich exploration, he creates a timeless portrait of these remarkable men and their extraordinary times.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 688
Release Date:: 2012-10-02
Publication Date:: 2012-10-02
Publisher:: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 0375708154
ISBN13:: 9780375708152
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 635 g

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