The White Tower

A Mid-Century Classic of High-Altitude Suspense James Ramsey Ullmana?Ts The White Tower is one of the most celebrated mountaineering novels of the 20th century. First published in 1945 and reaching a peak of popularity in the early 1950s (partly due to the 1950 film adaptation starring Glenn Ford), this 1954 edition captures the era's fascination with the conquest of the world's great summits. The Narrative The story follows six individualsa?an American bomber pilot, a former German officer, a Swiss guide, an English geologist, a French writer, and an Austrian womana?as they attempt to scale the Weissturm, a towering, unclimbed peak in the.