Reaching the Summit: Edmund Hillary’s Life of Adventure
Author(s):
Johnston, Alexa
Copyright: 2005, US
Specifications: 1st, 4to, pp.232, photo frontis, 387 color & 142 bw photos, 3 sketches, 4 color maps, appendix, illus eps, grey cloth
Condition: dj & cloth new.
Johnston, the only official biographer of Sir Edmund, has produced the first fully illustrated biography of one of the great heroic figures of modern time. This sumptuously illustrated book features Sir Edmund’s own photos, letters, and diaries covering his full life and adventures – from his expeditions to remote corners of the world to his humanitarian activities serving the Sherpa people.