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Author Krakauer, Jon.

Title Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster / Jon Krakauer.

Imprint New York : Villard, c1997.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  796.522 K858Bk    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  796.522 Kra    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xx, 293 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note Map on lining papers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 293).
Summary This is a definitive account of the season of 1996, the deadliest season in the history of Everest. The author examines what it is about Everest that compels people to ignore the warnings, and make the climb.
Audience 9-12 Medialog, Inc.
Study Program UG RL 8.9 P 17.0 19789
Subject Krakauer, Jon.
Adventure Consultants. Guided Expedition (1996 : Mount Everest)
Mountain Madness (Firm) Everest Expedition (1996)
Mount Everest Expedition (1996)
Mount Everest Expedition (1996)
Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Mountaineering -- Accidents.
ISBN 0679457526 (alk. paper)

 
    
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