Scott Ellsworth

Gebundenes Buch

The World Beneath Their Feet

The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas

Beschreibung

One of the most compelling international dramas of the 20th century and an unforgettable saga of survival, technological innovation, and breathtaking human physical achievement-all set against the backdrop of a world headed toward war.

Autor

Scott Ellsworth is the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Game, which was the winner of the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. He has written about American history for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. Formerly a historian at the Smithsonian Institution, he is the author of Death in a Promised Land, his groundbreaking account of the 1921 Tulsa race riot. He lives with his wife and twin sons in Ann Arbor, where he teaches at the University of Michigan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Murray Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 166mm x 240mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 632g
• ISBN-13: 9781473649620
• ISBN-10: 1473649625
• Artikelnr.: 58660987

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[Ellsworth] recasts the era as a great Himalayan race ... [and] it works brilliantly ... his account of the 1953 ascent of Everest ... feels unusually fresh Sunday Times