Into the silence : the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of Everest / Wade Davis
New York : Vintage Books, 2011. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #450265
ISBN: 1847921841
Physical description; xiv, 655 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. Contents; Great Gable -- Everest imagined -- The plan of attack -- Hinks's watch -- Enter Mallory -- The doorway to the mountain -- The blindness of birds -- Eastern approaches -- The North Col -- The summit of their desires -- Finch's triumph -- The thread of life -- The price of life is death. Subjects; Mallory, George (1886-1924). Mountaineers Great Britain Biography. World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain Influence. Mountaineering expeditions Everest, Mount (China and Nepal).
Price: €28.00