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Isserman, Maurice.
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Mountaineering -- Himalaya Mountains -- History.
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
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Fallen giants : a hi...
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Fallen giants : a history of Himalayan mountaineering from the age of empire to the age of extremes / Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver ; with maps and peak sketches by Dee Molenaar.
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Isserman, Maurice.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
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Mountaineering -- Himalaya Mountains -- History.
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9780300115017 (cloth : alk. paper) :
0300115016 (cloth : alk. paper)
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xii, 579 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Contents:
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.
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