Scrambles amongst the Alps

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S.A. Kramer

Describes how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey became the first human beings to reach the top of the world by climbing Mount Everest.

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Audrey Salkeld

Discusses the life of British mountain climber, George Mallory, the discovery of his body seventy-five years after his death, and the debate over whether Mallory was the first person to reach the top of Mount Everest.

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John Roskelley

Climber, photographer, and author John Roskelley has succeededon scores of technically difficult ascents, climed three 8,000-meter peaks, and been on more successful expeditions than any other American mountaineer. Like most legends, he is surrounded by his share of myths. But as Roskelley describes moments from his personal and professional life in Stories Off the Wall, he reveals he'as as down-to-earth as they come. From dust jacket.

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Harvey Frommer

In-depth biography of baseball player Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson who was involved in the Black Sox scandal, but maintained his innocence until his death.