Bradford Washburn, an Extraordinary Life: The Autobiography of a Mountaineering Icon Contributor(s): Washburn, Bradford (Author), Freedman, Lew (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0882409077 ISBN-13: 9780882409078 Publisher: Westwinds Press OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Water Sports - History | United States - State & Local - General - Sports & Recreation | Mountaineering |
Dewey: 978.8 |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.07" W x 8.98" (0.99 lbs) 320 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Here at last is the thrilling memoir of the legendary mountaineer Bradford Washburn, one of the last explorers and adventurers of the twentieth century. Drawing from decades of memories, journals, and an exquisite photographic collection, Washburn completes the self-portrait of a man drawn to altitude, from his first great climb of Mount Washington at age eleven, through numerous first ascents of peaks all over the world, to handily scaling a climbing wall at eighty-eight. |
Contributor Bio(s): Washburn, Bradford: - Bradford Washburn was an explorer, mountaineer, photographer, cartographer, and former director of the Boston Museum of Science. Washburn gathered many awards over the course of his career, including nine honorary doctorates, the Centennial Award of the National Geographic Society (shared with his wife Barbara, the first woman to summit Mount McKinley), and the King Albert Medal of Merit.Freedman, Lew: - LEW FREEDMAN is a sportswriter with the Chicago Tribune. He has worked as an award-winning journalist with the Anchorage Daily News and is the author of over 21 books. |