Description
Product ID: | 9781800900943 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | PL |
Series: | Incredible True Stories |
Title: | Everest |
Subtitle: | Reaching the Roof of the World |
Authors: | Author: David Long, Stefano Tambellini |
Page Count: | 96 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world, True stories (Children's / Teenage), History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), People & places (Children's / Teenage), Natural history (Children’s/Teenage) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Join the treacherous mission to conquer Earth’s highest peak in David Long’s enthralling retelling of the first expeditions to climb Everest. Join the treacherous mission to conquer Earth’s highest peak in David Long’s enthralling retelling of the first expeditions to climb Everest.Everest is the world’s highest mountain, towering like an icy giant over the Himalayas. For the millions of people living nearby, it has always been a magical place, known as “Goddess Mother of the World” or the “Peak of Heaven”. To explorers and adventurers, it represents a perilous but thrilling challenge to be conquered.In this exhilarating account by award-winning author David Long, he looks back at the first attempts by international mountaineers to reach the fabled summit, many of which ended in death and disaster. |
Imprint Name: | Barrington Stoke Ltd |
Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-09-01 |