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Gillman Lori and Peter. Wildest Dream : The Biography of George Mallory
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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Softcover. Very Good”
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- ISBN
- 9780898867510
- Book Title
- Wildest Dream : the Biography of George Mallory
- Item Length
- 8.9in
- Publisher
- Mountaineers Books, T.H.E.
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Adventurers & Explorers, Mountaineering, Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 16.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 287 Pages
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* Chronicles all three of Mallory's Everest expeditions * Illuminates how Mallory reconciled his ambitions on Everest with his unquestioned love for his wife and family Since the discovery in 1999 of George Mallory's body on Everest, controversy has raged over whether Mallory and Andrew Irvine could have summitted the mountain. Every detail of the climb has been dissected and Mallory's skill as a mountaineer has been hotly debated. Observing the debate, Peter and Leni Gillman felt that the essence of who Mallory was as an individual had been lost. In The Wildest Dream they offer the most comprehensive biography ever written about one of the 20th century's most intriguing personalities. Exploring Mallory's early years, the Gillmans take the reader to Cambridge and Bloomsbury where Mallory consorted with some of the most colorful literary and artistic figures of Edwardian England: Rupert Brooke, James and Lytton Strachey, Maynard and Geoffrey Keynes, and Duncan Grant, among others. The Wildest Dream moves on to examine exactly what Mallory accomplished as a climber, evaluating the quality of his routes and skills within the context of climbing in the early 1900s. At the heart of this biography, and of Mallory's life, is his wife, Ruth. The letters they exchanged during the many separations caused by World War I and three Everest expeditions reveal the depth of their commitment to each other and the unwavering support and strength Ruth offered George. The Everest expeditions are also insightfully rendered, offering perspective on criticisms levied at Mallory after the 1921 and 1922 attempts. The authors examine how Mallory, a dedicated husband and father, arrived at his fateful decision to participate in the doomed 1924 expedition and why he continued to press for a summit attempt when the odds seemed stacked against him. As Mallory once declared, a climber was what he was, and this is what climbers did; this was how they fulfilled their wildest dreams.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mountaineers Books, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0898867517
ISBN-13
9780898867510
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2210963
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wildest Dream : the Biography of George Mallory
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Adventurers & Explorers, Mountaineering, Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
287 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
16.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Edition Description
Reprint
Reviews
Biographies don't get any better than this winner in the history/biography winner category of the National Outdoor Book Awards. Supremely well researched and documented, erudite, and masterfully written, this book isn't so much about what happened to Mallory in1924 when he and his climbing partner Andrew Irvine disappeared in the mists of Mount Everest, but rather it seeks to answer to another, almost more fascination question: who was this man Mallory?
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Trade
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Yes
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