* Chronicles all three of Mallory's Everest expeditions * Illuminates how Mallory reconciled his ambitions on Everest with his unquestioned love for his wife and family Since the discovery in 1999 of George Mallory's body on Everest, controversy has raged over whether Mallory and Andrew Irvine could have summitted the mountain. Every detail of the climb has been dissected and Mallory's skill as a mountaineer has been hotly debated. Observing the debate, Peter and Leni Gillman felt that the essence of who Mallory was as ...
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* Chronicles all three of Mallory's Everest expeditions * Illuminates how Mallory reconciled his ambitions on Everest with his unquestioned love for his wife and family Since the discovery in 1999 of George Mallory's body on Everest, controversy has raged over whether Mallory and Andrew Irvine could have summitted the mountain. Every detail of the climb has been dissected and Mallory's skill as a mountaineer has been hotly debated. Observing the debate, Peter and Leni Gillman felt that the essence of who Mallory was as an individual had been lost. In The Wildest Dream they offer the most comprehensive biography ever written about one of the 20th century's most intriguing personalities. Exploring Mallory's early years, the Gillmans take the reader to Cambridge and Bloomsbury where Mallory consorted with some of the most colorful literary and artistic figures of Edwardian England: Rupert Brooke, James and Lytton Strachey, Maynard and Geoffrey Keynes, and Duncan Grant, among others. The Wildest Dream moves on to examine exactly what Mallory accomplished as a climber, evaluating the quality of his routes and skills within the context of climbing in the early 1900s. At the heart of this biography, and of Mallory's life, is his wife, Ruth. The letters they exchanged during the many separations caused by World War I and three Everest expeditions reveal the depth of their commitment to each other and the unwavering support and strength Ruth offered George. The Everest expeditions are also insightfully rendered, offering perspective on criticisms levied at Mallory after the 1921 and 1922 attempts. The authors examine how Mallory, a dedicated husband and father, arrived at his fateful decision to participate in the doomed 1924 expedition and why he continued to press for a summit attempt when the odds seemed stacked against him. As Mallory once declared, a climber was what he was, and this is what climbers did; this was how they fulfilled their wildest dreams.
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The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Minor wear to binding with small bumps and light soiling to bottom edges. Minimal staining to edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. 287pp.
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F in F jacket. F/F. 8vo. original two tone cloth backed boards in dustwrapper priced $27.95 (a trifle rubbed); pp. 288, with plates, text illustrations & maps. A fine copy. Winner of the 2000 Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature.
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F in F jacket. Signed by Author. F/F. 8vo. original two tone cloth backed boards in dustwrapper priced $27.95; pp. 288, with plates, text illustrations & maps. A fine copy. Winner of the 2000 Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. Flatsigned on title page 'Peter Gillman'.
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F in F jacket. Signed by Authors. F/F. 8vo. original two tone cloth backed boards (texter mark to tail edge, denoting one-time remaindered copy) in dustwrapper priced $27.95; pp. 288, with plates, text illustrations & maps. A fine copy. Flatsigned on title page by both authors, 'Peter Gillman' and 'Leni Gillman'. Winner of the 2000 Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature.
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Good in Very Good jacket. Signed by Author Hard Cover--Good--SIGNED by author--Other than several pages with underlining/marginalia, book and dust jacket show only light wear--287 pages with index and sections of photography--Stated First North American Edition with no prior printing and original price present.
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Used-G. This book is noticeably used and in good condition. Help support Orca Books Cooperative--Olympia's only Co-op Bookstore! Shelf wear on cover and/or edges.
While it does not provide an unequivocal answer as to whether Mallory summitted Everest, it provides an exceptional insight into the complex personality of the man and the people and forces surrounding the ill-fated quest.
