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Item specifics
- Condition
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- Subject
- History
- ISBN
- 9780307887146
- Book Title
- Vast Unknown : America's First Ascent of Everest
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Nature, Travel, Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Military / Nuclear Warfare, Adventurers & Explorers, Asia / India & South Asia, Essays & Travelogues, Mountaineering, Asia / China, Expeditions & Discoveries, Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains
- Item Weight
- 19.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0307887146
ISBN-13
9780307887146
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143587891
Product Key Features
Book Title
Vast Unknown : America's First Ascent of Everest
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Adventurers & Explorers, Asia / India & South Asia, Essays & Travelogues, Mountaineering, Asia / China, Expeditions & Discoveries, Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Travel, Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Broughton Coburn has written a book to renew our faith in what it means to believe in each other, and in ourselves. This is what it looked like when ordinary men of extraordinary courage and self-discipline worked through tragedy, dissent, and hardship not for individual glory but toward a common goal. When were we last this self-effacing, this optimistic, this outrageously can-do? A compulsively entertaining read." Alexandra Fuller, author of Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, "This book is like a time capsule from the Cold War, showing how in 1963, a bunch of crazy American mountaineers embarked on a plan to ascend via the never-before-summited west ridge, while racing a Chinese group to the top." Sacramento Bee "Coburn brings this exciting chapter of American mountaineering history to life." Library Journal "A sweeping account of the first American visitors to Mount Everest's peak….Coburn's unhurried, character-driven narrative pays scrupulous attention to the climb's every detail and to Everest's majestic natural history….An exhilarating slice of American adventure-sporting history." Kirkus Reviews "Gripping… Not just another book about mountain climbing, this is also a story of America in the early 1960s." Booklist "Broughton Coburn has written a book to renew our faith in what it means to believe in each other, and in ourselves. This is what it looked like when ordinary men of extraordinary courage and self-discipline worked through tragedy, dissent, and hardship not for individual glory but toward a common goal. When were we last this self-effacing, this optimistic, this outrageously can-do? A compulsively entertaining read." Alexandra Fuller, author of Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, "Coburn brings this exciting chapter of American mountaineering history to life." Library Journal "A sweeping account of the first American visitors to Mount Everest's peak….Coburn's unhurried, character-driven narrative pays scrupulous attention to the climb's every detail and to Everest's majestic natural history….An exhilarating slice of American adventure-sporting history." Kirkus Reviews "Gripping… Not just another book about mountain climbing, this is also a story of America in the early 1960s." Booklist "Broughton Coburn has written a book to renew our faith in what it means to believe in each other, and in ourselves. This is what it looked like when ordinary men of extraordinary courage and self-discipline worked through tragedy, dissent, and hardship not for individual glory but toward a common goal. When were we last this self-effacing, this optimistic, this outrageously can-do? A compulsively entertaining read." Alexandra Fuller, author of Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, "This book is like a time capsule from the Cold War, showing how in 1963, a bunch of crazy American mountaineers embarked on a plan to ascend via the never-before-summited west ridge, while racing a Chinese group to the top." - Sacramento Bee "Coburn brings this exciting chapter of American mountaineering history to life." - Library Journal "A sweeping account of the first American visitors to Mount Everest's peak....Coburn's unhurried, character-driven narrative pays scrupulous attention to the climb's every detail and to Everest's majestic natural history....An exhilarating slice of American adventure-sporting history." - Kirkus Reviews "Gripping... Not just another book about mountain climbing, this is also a story of America in the early 1960s." - Booklist "Broughton Coburn has written a book to renew our faith in what it means to believe in each other, and in ourselves. This is what it looked like when ordinary men of extraordinary courage and self-discipline worked through tragedy, dissent, and hardship not for individual glory but toward a common goal. When were we last this self-effacing, this optimistic, this outrageously can-do? A compulsively entertaining read." - Alexandra Fuller, author of Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, "A sweeping account of the first American visitors to Mount Everest's peak….Coburn's unhurried, character-driven narrative pays scrupulous attention to the climb's every detail and to Everest's majestic natural history….An exhilarating slice of American adventure-sporting history." Kirkus Reviews "Gripping… Not just another book about mountain climbing, this is also a story of America in the early 1960s." Booklist "Broughton Coburn has written a book to renew our faith in what it means to believe in each other, and in ourselves. This is what it looked like when ordinary men of extraordinary courage and self-discipline worked through tragedy, dissent, and hardship not for individual glory but toward a common goal. When were we last this self-effacing, this optimistic, this outrageously can-do? A compulsively entertaining read." Alexandra Fuller, author of Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, "Broughton Coburn has written a book to renew our faith in what it means to believe in each other, and in ourselves. This is what it looked like when ordinary men of extraordinary courage and self-discipline worked through tragedy, dissent, and hardship not for individual glory but toward a common goal. When were we last this self-effacing, this optimistic, this outrageously can-do? A compulsively entertaining read." Alexandra Fuller, author of Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness "A sweeping account of the first American visitors to Mount Everest's peak….Coburn's unhurried, character-driven narrative pays scrupulous attention to the climb's every detail and to Everest's majestic natural history….An exhilarating slice of American adventure-sporting history." Kirkus Reviews
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
796.522095496
Synopsis
By the author of the "New York Times" bestselling "Everest: Mountain Without Mercy," this chronicle of the iconic first American expedition to Mt. Everest in May1963 - published to coincide with the climb's 50th anniversary- - combinesriveting adventure, a perceptive analysis of its dark and terrifying historicalcontext, and revelations about a secret mission that followed. In the midst of the Cold War, against the backdrop of the Bay of Pigs fiasco, the space race with the Soviet Union, and the quagmire of the Vietnam War, a band of iconoclastic, independent-minded American mountaineers set off for Mt. Everest, aiming to restore America's confidence and optimism. Their objective is to reach the summit while conducting scientific research, but which route will they take? Might the Chinese, in a public relations coup, have reached the top ahead of them? And what about another American team, led by the grandson of a President, that nearly bagged the peak in a bootleg attempt a year earlier? "The Vast Unknown "is, on one level, a harrowing, character-driven account of the climb itself and its legendary team of alternately inspiring, troubled, and tragic climbers who suffered injuries, a near mutiny, and death on the mountain. It is also an examination of the profound sway the expedition had over the American consciousness and sense of identity during a time when the country was floundering. And it is an investigation of the expedition's little-known outcome: the selection of a team to plant a CIA surveillance device on the Himalayan peak of Nanda Devi, to spy into China where Defense Intelligence learned that nuclear missile testing was underway., By the author of the bestseller Everest: Mountain Without Mercy , this chronicle of the iconic first American expedition to Mt. Everest in May 1963--published to coincide with the climb's 50th anniversary--combines riveting adventure, a perceptive analysis of its dark and terrifying historical context, and unprecedented revelations about its secret motivation. /b> n the midst of the Cold War, against the backdrop of the Bay of Pigs fiasco, the space race with the Soviet Union, and the quagmire of the Vietnam War, a band of iconoclastic, independent-minded American mountaineers set off for Mt. Everest, aiming to restore America's confidence and optimism. Their objective is to reach the summit while conducting scientific research, but which route will they take? And, mysteriously, who wants the results of the scientific tests, and for what purpose? The Vast Unknown is, on one level, a harrowing, character-driven account of the climb itself and its legendary team of alternately inspiring, troubled, and tragic climbers who suffer injuries, a near mutiny, and death on the mountain. It is also an examination of the profound sway the expedition had over the Ame|9780307887146|
LC Classification Number
GV199.44.E85C64 2013
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