Fallen Giants
Author | : Maurice Isserman |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780300164206 |
ISBN-13 | : 0300164203 |
Rating | : 4/5 (203 Downloads) |
Download or read book Fallen Giants written by Maurice Isserman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first comprehensive history of Himalayan mountaineering in 50 years, the authors offer detailed, original accounts of the most significant climbs since the 1890s, and they compellingly evoke the social and cultural worlds that gave rise to those expeditions.