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Two at the top : a shared dream of Everest / words by Uma Krishnaswami ; pictures by Christopher Corr.
Van Pelt Library PS3611.R5573 T96 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Krishnaswami, Uma, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mountaineering--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Juvenile fiction.
- Mountaineering.
- Mountaineering--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Fiction.
- Mountaineering--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Juvenile literature.
- Tenzing Norkey, 1914-1986--Juvenile fiction.
- Tenzing Norkey.
- Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008--Juvenile fiction.
- Hillary, Edmund.
- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Juvenile fiction.
- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal).
- Tenzing Norkey, 1914-1986--Juvenile literature.
- Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008--Juvenile literature.
- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Juvenile literature.
- Tenzing Norkey, 1914-1986--Fiction.
- Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008--Fiction.
- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Fiction.
- Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008.
- Tenzing Norkey, 1914-1986.
- Asia--Mount Everest.
- Genre:
- Children's stories.
- picture books.
- collective biographies.
- Picture books.
- Juvenile works.
- Creative nonfiction.
- Biographies.
- Biographical fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books : House of Anansi Press, 2021.
- ©2021
- Summary:
- "Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary each tell their story, culminating in their thrilling ascent of Mount Everest. Tenzing Norgay grew up in Nepal, herding yaks in the shadow of Chomolungma, the mountain also known as Everest. He has always dreamed of climbing to the top. He becomes a guide, leading treks through the Himalayas, and finally attempts the highest mountain himself, but doesn't make it. Across the ocean, in New Zealand, Edmund Hillary grew up tending his father's bees. He climbed his first mountain at sixteen and has climbed all over the world ever since. He tries Everest, with no success. In 1953, the two men set out on the same expedition to climb Everest. Their party numbers four hundred, counting all the guides and porters. But the climb is grueling, and eventually Norgay and Hillary are the only two determined to continue. They tramp over windswept glaciers, crawl across rope bridges, hack footholds in the ice ... until finally they reach the top of the world! This remarkable true adventure story, told in a dual narrative, includes illustrated backmatter rich in geography, history and science"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Edmumd Hillary was a New Zealand explorer.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alec Harris & Carollina Song Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956- Two at the top.
- ISBN:
- 9781773062662
- 1773062662
- OCLC:
- 1223040904
- Publisher Number:
- 99991588907
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