Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster
Title
:
Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster
Personal Author EPSB
:
Jon. Krakauer
Summary
:
The author relates his experience of climbing Mount Everest during its deadliest season and examines what it is about the mountain that makes people willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense.
Year Published
:
1999
1999,
1997
Physical Description
:
xxv, 333 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Edition
:
1st Anchor Books trade pbk. ed.
Note
:
Originally published: New York : Villard, c1997.
Personal Subject
:
Krakauer, Jon.
Conference Subject
:
Mount Everest Expedition (1996)
Subject
:
Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Mountaineering accidents.
Geographic Term
:
Mount Everest (China and Nepal)
Added Title
:
Mountaineering expeditions
Summary
:
The author relates his experience of climbing Mount Everest during its deadliest season and examines what it is about the mountain that makes people willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense.
ISBN
:
9780385494786
9780329449254
9780329603748
Publisher
:
New York : Anchor Books, 1999.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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| A. Blair McPherson | CL JH | Teacher resource | 41458000129842 | Due 6/25/24 |