Because It's There: A Celebration of Mountaineering from 200 B.C. to Today
- ISBN-10
- 0878333037
- ISBN-13
- 9780878333035
- Series
- Because It's There
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 496
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-04-09
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publications
- Author
- Alan Weber
Description
Presents a collection of poems, essays, and first-hand accounts on mountaineering from such figures as Lord Byron, Sir Edmund Hillary, Titus Livius, and Charles Neider.
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- 2003-04-09
- 496 pages
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- 2007-10-01
- 236 pages
- Paperback
- Bennett & Hastings Publishing
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