: a literary companion to mountains Grady, Wayne text cn Vancouver [B.C.] Greystone Books 2007 monographic eng

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171 p. ; 20 cm. general edited by Wayne Grady. From Edward Whimper 's ascent of the Matterhorn in the 1860s to Jon Krakauer 's vivid profiles of modern mountaineers, this collection offers indelible impressions from writers who experienced the mystery and the grandeur of the mountains -- and who lived to tell about it. Highlights include John Muir 's "A Perilous Night on Mount Shasta" and Belmore Browne 's heart-stopping "Conquest of Mt. McKinley. Introduction -- The first ascent of the Matterhorn / Edward Whymper -- Sunset on Mont Blanc / Sir Leslie Stephen -- Mount Shasta / John Muir -- The holiness of mountains / Carl Jung -- The mountains of the moon / John Buchan -- Up the Mörderberg / H.G. Wells -- The creation of the Northern Rocky Mountains / Dogrib Nation -- The conquest of Mount McKinley / Belmore Browne -- David / Earle Birney -- Thinking like a mountain / Aldo Leopold -- At Crystal Mountain / Peter Matthiessen -- Kilimanjaro / Michael Crichton -- Eiger dreams / Jon Krakauer -- Maoists and leeches / Jamaica Kincaid -- Acknowledgments. Mountains Literary collections Mountains Montañas Literatura Montañas PN 6071 W567 2007 9781553652434 140710 20230410130740.0 116383