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Fatal mountaineer : the high-altitude life and death of Willi Unsoeld, American Himalayan legend / Robert Roper.
Van Pelt Library GV199.92.U57 R67 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roper, Robert, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Unsoeld, William Francis, 1926-1979.
- Unsoeld, William Francis.
- Unsoeld, William Francis, 1926-1979--Friends and associates.
- Friends and associates.
- Mountaineers--United States--Biography.
- Mountaineers.
- Mountaineering.
- United States.
- India--Nanda Devi.
- Mountaineering--India--Nanda Devi.
- Nanda Devi (India)--Description and travel.
- Nanda Devi (India).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 306 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Roper takes a gripping, intelligent look at Willi Unsoeld and the two epic climbs that defined him. It is an unusual narrative that blends action with ethics, fame with tragedy, and a man's ambition with a father's anguish. Two 8-page photo inserts.
- ISBN:
- 0312261535
- OCLC:
- 48249415
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