223 pp with three maps and twelve color plates. Two men offer two books in one as they interweave their separate impressions of the fascinating lives they have lived with and apart from one another. text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dark blue paper boards are a little bumped at spine ends. Dust jacket is clean and bright with some fraying to spine ends and one chip missing. In protective mylar wrapper.

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Title

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

Publisher

Doubleday, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

0385198310

ISBN 13

9780385198318

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

First American Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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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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