Not price-clipped. No markings or inscriptions. Inside edges with some smudges. Corners bumped. Dust jacket with small nicks, also a couple of creases and one tear on the back - see photos.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Ascent: Two Lives Explored : The Autobiographies of Sir Edmund and Peter Hillary

Publisher

Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, N. Y.

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

0385198310

ISBN 13

9780385198318

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Fair

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This autobiography interweaves the stories of the famous father and son adventurers, their separate impressions of the lives they have lived with one another and apart, and their pioneering expeditions to the top of the world

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Mountaineering adventures and achievements are emphasized in these autobiographies of father and son, rather than activities disclosing the private person. This is most noticeable in the son's portions of the book; Sir Edmund reveals more of himself, especially in the pages on the loss of his wife and younger daughter in a plane crash. Published in England as Two Generations (1984), both life stories end with Peter Hillary's attempt on Lhotse in 1981. A secondary attraction for the reader, aside from the glamour of Himalayan activities, is the different ways father and son see incidents experienced together. Paula M. Strain, M.L.S., Rockville, Md.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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