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FOREVER ON THE MOUNTAIN, THE TRUTH BEHIND ONE OF MOUNTAINEERING'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL AND MYSTERIOUS DISASTERS (WITH PUBLISHER'S RELEASE LETTER LAID-IN)
by Tabor, James M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine / Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393061744
- ISBN 13
- 9780393061741
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Octavo, 6.25 x 9.4 in., pp. xxii + 400. Illustrated with black and white photographs and map of route. Dark blue spine over light blue paper boards. Gilt title to spine. Very light rubbing to top/bottom of spine. Very light rubbing to top edge of dustjacket. Three page publisher's release and advanced praise letters laid in. "In the summer of 1967, Joe Wilcox, 24, led an expedition of twelve exemplary young men toward the summit of Alaska's Mt. McKinley (now more commonly called Denali), the tallest peak in North America. A storm hit. Ony five men returned. Reckoning by lives lost, the tragedy was the third worst in mountaineering history when it occurred, and remains North America's greatest expeditionary mountaineering disaster." (from the Publisher's Release letter).
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85769
- Title
- FOREVER ON THE MOUNTAIN, THE TRUTH BEHIND ONE OF MOUNTAINEERING'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL AND MYSTERIOUS DISASTERS (WITH PUBLISHER'S RELEASE LETTER LAID-IN)
- Author
- Tabor, James M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine / Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393061744
- ISBN 13
- 9780393061741
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Co., Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- LCCN
- 2007013711
- Keywords
- Mount McKinley, Alaska, Denali
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