The first successful ascent of mount everest in 1953 by sir edmund hillary and his sherpa teammate tenzing norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who also came to test their skills and courage against the worlds highest and most dangerous mountains. Getting high on the himalayas by al alvarez the new york. Jul 02, 2009 maurice isserman and stewart weavers authoritative history of himalayan mountaineering, fallen giants, starts right at the beginning, 45 million years ago, with the collision of tectonic plates that threw up what the authors call the greatest geophysical feature of the earth. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Maurice isserman faculty directory hamilton college. Ferguson professor of history and stewart weaver, 579 pages. The conquest of the himalayas book by maurice isserman. Author maurice isserman discusses his new book the winter. Congratulations to maurice isserman and stewart weaver, winners of the 2008 banff mountain book award for mountaineering history.
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He is a professor of history at hamilton college and lives in clinton, new york. Book readings and literary things to do in denver november 5. The andes are the longest of the planets mountain chains, but the himalaya and. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The life of michael harrington, and his coauthored book fallen giants. Maurice isserman, phd, is the publius virgilius rogers professor of american history at hamilton college, where he teaches us history, including the history of mountaineering. Maurice isserman is the awardwinning author of fallen giants, the other america, and cronkites war. A former fulbright grantwinner, his prizewinning books include the other american. In the united states it was published as a book ofthemonth club selection which increased its circulation and popularity. They offer detailed, original accounts of the most significant climbs since the 1890s, and they compellingly evoke the social and cultural worlds that gave rise to. A huge book with relatively small font, it will keep you hooked from the very first chapter and inspire you by. A history of himalayan mountaineering from the age of empire to the age of extremes, does not merely chronicle the harrowing ascents and colorful personalities of highaltitude climbing. The two historians isserman at hamilton college, weaver at the university of rochester are the coauthors of fallen giants, a comprehensive history of himalayan climbing that covers.
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