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Near Death in the Mountains, True Stories of Disaster and Survival

Near Death in the Mountains, True Stories of Disaster and Survival

by Ceci Kuhne (Editor)

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

These tales from the rich literature of mountaineering includes choice selections from classics, including Felice Benuzzi's No Picnic on Mount Kenya, Heinrich Harrer's The White Spider, Maurice Herzog's Annapurna and Joe Simpson's Touching the Void, all Longitude favorites.  (GEN451, $16.00)


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