Mountains of the Great Blue Dream
- ISBN-10
- 0060983019
- ISBN-13
- 9780060983017
- Category
- Mountaineers
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Perennial
- Author
- Robert Leonard Reid
Description
"A marvelous explorer. . . . Wonderfully fluent, even visionary in his prose, (Reid) guides us down many trails that don't exist on maps".--Chicago Tribune. "An insightful, strong, often lyrical meditation on great mountains".--Peter Matthiessen.
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