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Fallen giants : a history of Himalayan mountaineering from the age of empire to the age of extremes
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- Creator
- Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver ; with maps and peak sketches by Dee Molenaar
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2008]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- xii, 579 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780300142662, 9786612089350, 9780300115017, 9781282089358, 1282089358, 0300115016, 0300142668
- OCLC
- ocn181424034, ocn402646333
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [539]-564) and index.
- 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