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Book Description: Mountaineers Pub., Seattle, 2001. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Maps, Photos (illustrator). First Edition. 10 x 9 x 3/4 ". 2001 Hardcover in DJ 1st . BRAND NEW from publisher . Never opened, Never owned . Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve . small mark bottom edge , very light shelf bumps edges . Gift Giving quality . 185 pages with index, plus illustrated with glossy B&W photographs, maps & large fold-out color map in back of book, intact, never opened . in dustjacket with B&W photraph of Dr. Frederick A. Cook on the front . In September 1906, Dr. Cook walked out of the wilderness in Alaska . to announce that he had just become the first person to climb Mount McKinley . at 20,320 feet, the highest peak in all of North America . It was a daring feat . It was a feat of relentless courage . It was an enthralling tale of adventure . But was it true ? . One of the 20th century's greatest dective stories was begun that day . one that would lead right up to the mock trial held in 1995 at the University of Alaska . What sort of a man was Cook ? . a brilliant charlatan, who was determined to try to cast himself as an American hero ? . or the man who his supporters belived him to be ? . as well as the public who wanted him as their hero ? . Did he or didn't he ? . The authors of this fascinating book follow the adventures and explorations of the early 20th century . and give all the scoop on Dr. Cook's infamous career . from his role in the Edmund Peary doomed expedition to the North Pole in 1892 - 1893 . to his amazing circumnavigation of McKinley in 1903 . and tell of his buring desire to be the one to beat Peary to the North Pole . Decades of investigative work exposing the inconsistencies in Cook's accounts are still denied by loyalists today . but author Washburn, who himself has summited Mt. McKinley three times , and who made the map that climbers of McKinley use today . adds his own findings . and does fascinating side-by-side comparisons of his photographs with those of Cook . One of the great exciting tales of derring do in the early century . or an Alaskan myth ? . You be the judge ! . " The Dishonorable Dr. Cook - Debunking the Notorious Mount McKinley Hoax " . by Bradford Washburn & Peter Cherici . published by Mountaineers Publishing, Seattle Washington . 2001 Hardcover in Dustjacket First Edition . Brand New Gift Giving quality *** Securely packed for safe delivery ~ We've been shipping books across North America & around the World, since 1965 ***. Bookseller Inventory # 5851

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Book Description: Mountaineers Books, 2001. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 185 pages. 8.50x10.00x0.75 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # 0898868041

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