Eiger Dreams
Ventures Among Men And Mountains
$37.79
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
14 December 2019
Summary
No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant hardships and victories more brilliantly than critically acclaimed author Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest work from such magazines as Outside and Smithsonian, he explores the subject from the unique and memorable perspective of one who has battled peaks like K2, Denali, Everest, and, of course, the Eiger. Always with a keen eye, an open heart, and a hunger for the ultimate experience, he gives us unerring po…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781493035373 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1493035371 |
| Author: | Jon Krakauer |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Imprint: | The Lyons Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 14 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 328g |
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Critics Review
The author of Into Thin Air “has taken the literature of mountains onto a higher ledge.” –New York Times Book Review “Armchair adventurers can’t ask for better entertainment than this tour of the legendary locations of mountaineering and the eccentric climbers who gather there.” –Publisher’s Weekly
Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer is the author of the best-selling Into the Wild, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Into Thin Air, and is the editor of the Modern Library Exploration series. His writings have been published in Outside, GEO, Architecture Digest, Rolling Stone, TIME, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the National Geographic.
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