Bradford Washburn An Extraordinary Life: Autobiography, a Mountaineering Icon |
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Author:
| Freedman, Lew Washburn, Bradford |
ISBN: | 978-1-55868-906-0 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2005 |
Publisher: | West Margin Press
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Imprint: | West Winds Press |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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This memoir and autobiography of the legendary mountaineer Bradford Washburn is a great story and was completed before his death in 2007. He was one of the last great explorers and adventureers 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...
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This memoir and autobiography of the legendary mountaineer Bradford Washburn is a great story and was completed before his death in 2007. He was one of the last great explorers and adventureers 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.