Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
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- 出版社 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- 出版时间 2012年10月
- ISBN 9780375708152
- 定价 216.90
内容简介
ThedefinitivestoryoftheBritishadventurerswhosurvivedthetrenchesofWorldWarIandwentontorisktheirlivesclimbingMountEverest.OnJune6,1924,twomensetoutfromacampperchedat23,000feetonaniceledgejustbelowthelipofEverest’sNorthCol.GeorgeMallory,thirty-seven,wasBritain’sfinestclimber.SandyIrvinewasatwenty-two-year-oldOxfordscholarwithlittlepreviousmountaineeringexperience.Neitherofthemreturned.Drawingonmorethanadecadeofprodigiousresearch,bestsellingauthorandexplorerWadeDavisvividlyre-createstheheroiceffortsofMalloryandhisfellowclimbers,settingtheirsignificantachievementsinsweepinghistoricalcontext:fromBritain’snineteen-centuryimperialambitionstothewarthatshapedMallory’sgeneration.Theirswasacountrybroken,andtheEverestexpeditionsemergedasapowerfulsymbolofnationalredemptionandhope.InDavis’srichexploration,hecreatesatimelessportraitoftheseremarkablemenandtheirextraordinarytimes.,
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