The Wildest Dream,9780898867411

The Wildest Dream

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ISBN13: 9780898867411
ISBN10: 089886741X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-09-01
Publisher(s): Mountaineers Books
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Summary

An in-depth portrait of George Mallory, offering insight into the man behind the myth and the controversy.

Author Biography

Peter Gillman is an investigative journalist formerly with the London Sunday Times. One of Britain's leading mountaineering writers, he has a dozen books to his name. He has won five merit awards from the British Outdoor Writers Guild. Leni Gillman has won two Outdoor Writers Guild awards

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 8(3)
Prologue 11(8)
A Taste for Risk
19(16)
The Charming Mallory
35(16)
L' Affaire George
51(14)
Fresh Pleasures
65(14)
Dear Cottie
79(14)
A Strange Thrill
93(18)
Immortal Love
111(22)
The Pity of War
133(22)
Any Aspirations?
155(12)
The Opportunity of a Lifetime
167(28)
A Desperate Game
195(20)
A Sacrifice Either Way
215(28)
Vanishing Hopes
243(18)
Epilogue 261(21)
Appendices
1: Who Was Stella?
270(3)
2: The Survivors
273(3)
3: Climbing Grades
276(1)
4: Bibliography and Sources
277(5)
Photo Credits 282(1)
Index 283

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