The Mammoth Book Of How It Happened: Everest

Author: Jon E. Lewis

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Price : $30.99 NZD
ISBN : 9781841197197
Publisher : Constable and Robinson
Imprint : Robinson Publishing
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Weight (g) : 0.385
Publication date : 27 March 2003
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Begining with the 1921 attempt on the summit of Everest through to the disasters of the 1990s, this work features 30 white-knuckle accounts of climbing endeavour on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world.

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'Because it's there.' - George Mallory

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Jon E. Lewis is a historian and regular author and editor of Mammoth titles. His collection of first-hand accounts from history, The Mammoth Book of How it Happened, has sold over 25,000 copies in the UK alone. He lives in Herefordshire with his wife and two children.