In the Shadow of Denali: Life And Death On Alaska's Mt. Mckinley
- ISBN-10
- 1461745780
- ISBN-13
- 9781461745785
- Series
- In the Shadow of Denali
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-12-08
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Jonathan Waterman
Description
A classic in the genre of mountain literature—with a new preface by the author Rising more than 20,000 feet into the Alaskan sky is Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. In this collection of exhilarating and stunning narratives, Jonathan Waterman paints a startlingly intimate portrait of the white leviathan and brings to vivid life men and women whose fates have entwined on its sheer icy peak.
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