Mountain Fever: Historic Conquests of Rainier Revised Edition Contributor(s): Haines, Aubrey L. (Author), Kirk, Ruth (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0295978473 ISBN-13: 9780295978475 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) - Sports & Recreation | Mountaineering |
Dewey: 979.778 |
LCCN: 99037124 |
Series: Columbia Classics (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.9" W x 9.01" (0.85 lbs) 278 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Washington |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Features an account of the 19th century conquests of the highest and most imposing of Pacific Northwest mountains, Mt. Rainier. This is the history of organized mountaineering in the Northwest as well as of Mt. Rainier and those who accepted its challenge. It carries those stories when Mt. Rainier achieved the status of a national park. |