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Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters Hardcover - 2007
by James M. Tabor
In July 1967, seven young men died on Mt. McKinley, North Americas highest peak. Tabor draws on previously untapped sources and discusses the controversy surrounding the investigation. The result is the first full account of the tragedy that ended a golden age in mountaineering.
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- Title Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
- Author James M. Tabor
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
- Date 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780393061741 / 0393061744
- Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
- Dimensions 9.46 x 6.6 x 1.34 in (24.03 x 16.76 x 3.40 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Mountaineering accidents - Alaska -, Mountaineering - Alaska - McKinley, Mount
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007013711
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.522
Media reviews
Citations
- Kirkus Reviews, 06/01/2007, Page 546
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 03/01/2007, Page 54
- Publishers Weekly, 05/07/2007, Page 52
- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2007, Page 86
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