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Into the silence : the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of Everest Cover Image Book Book

Into the silence : the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of Everest

Davis, Wade. (Author).

Summary: 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.

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  • ISBN: 9780375408892
  • Physical Description: print
    655 p ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : A. Knopf, c2011.

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General Note:
"A Borzoi book."
Formatted Contents Note: 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 life -- The price of life is death.

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Subject: Mallory, George -- 1886-1924
Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Mount Everest Expedition (1924)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Influence

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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Lansdowne Library GV 199.92 L44 D38 2011 (Text) 26040002965248 Main Collection Volume hold Available -
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