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Facing The Extreme: One Woman's Tale of True Courage, Death-Defying Survival and Her Quest For The Summit
by Kocour, Ruth Anne; Hodgson, Michael
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312179421
- ISBN 13
- 9780312179427
- Seller
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About This Item
St. Martin's Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. St. Martin's Press, 1998. Second Printing of First Edition. VG/VG. Teal cloth with silver titles to spine, quite clean and completely unmarked, upper edge of front cover faintly sunned, spine head and heel lightly compressed. Internals a new. Jacket is not price-clipped, has slight wear to spine head and heel, quite minor. One woman's story of courage, death-defying survival, and her quest for the summit of Mount Denali (that was called Mt McKinley when this was published) in Alaska. An account of a tragic ascent of Denali in May 1992 in which 11 climbers died, including the well-known mountaineer Mugs Stump, (August 28, 1949 - May 21, 1992) who established the first difficult first ascents in the Alaska Range and the Canadian Rockies. 256 pages. 8vo. 1998, St. Martin's Press. ISBN10: 0312179421, ISBN13: 9780312179427
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029223
- Title
- Facing The Extreme: One Woman's Tale of True Courage, Death-Defying Survival and Her Quest For The Summit
- Author
- Kocour, Ruth Anne; Hodgson, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312179421
- ISBN 13
- 9780312179427
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- MOUNTAIN CLIMBING MOUNT DENALI SPORTS
- X weight
- 0 oz
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