The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
| AUTHOR | Harrer, Heinrich; Harrer, Heinrich |
| PUBLISHER | Tarcher (09/28/1998) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
The White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in 1938, but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently enshrined in mountaineer Jon Krakauer's first work, Eiger Dreams. For a generation of American climbers, The White Spider has been a formative book--yet it has long been out-of-print in America. This edition awaits discovery by Harrer's new legion of readers.
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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9780874779400
ISBN-10:
0874779405
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
400
Carton Quantity:
18
Product Dimensions:
5.53 x 1.06 x 8.30 inches
Weight:
0.89 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Index,
Price on Product,
Maps,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Travel | Essays & Travelogues
Travel | Mountaineering
Travel | History
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
796.522
Library of Congress Control Number:
98023179
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
annotation
This "prequel" to the bestselling "Seven Years in Tibet" covers the years immediately leading up to Harrer's Tibetan adventure, recounting the young climber's legendary ascent of the North Face of the Swiss Eiger.
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The White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in 1938, but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently enshrined in mountaineer Jon Krakauer's first work, Eiger Dreams. For a generation of American climbers, The White Spider has been a formative book--yet it has long been out-of-print in America. This edition awaits discovery by Harrer's new legion of readers.
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