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Freedom Climbers
Bernadette McDonald
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Description for Freedom Climbers
Paperback. Tells the story of the extraordinary Polish adventurers who emerged from under the blanket of oppression following the Second World War to become the world's leading Himalayan climbers. This book weaves a passionate and literary tale of adventure, politics, suffering, death and - ultimately - inspiration. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w text with colour plates. BIC Classification: WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
Freedom Climbers is the multi award-winning book by Bernadette McDonald, now available in the UK and Ireland thanks to Vertebrate Publishing. Freedom Climbers tells the story of the extraordinary Polish adventurers who emerged from under the blanket of oppression following the Second World War to become the world's leading Himalayan climbers. Although they lived in a war-ravaged landscape, with seemingly no hope of creating a meaningful life, these curious, motivated and skilled mountaineers built their own free-market economy under the very noses of their Communist bosses and climbed their way to liberation. At a time when Polish citizens were locked ... Read more
Freedom Climbers is the multi award-winning book by Bernadette McDonald, now available in the UK and Ireland thanks to Vertebrate Publishing. Freedom Climbers tells the story of the extraordinary Polish adventurers who emerged from under the blanket of oppression following the Second World War to become the world's leading Himalayan climbers. Although they lived in a war-ravaged landscape, with seemingly no hope of creating a meaningful life, these curious, motivated and skilled mountaineers built their own free-market economy under the very noses of their Communist bosses and climbed their way to liberation. At a time when Polish citizens were locked ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vertebrate Graphics Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906148447
SKU
V9781906148447
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Bernadette McDonald
Bernadette McDonald is the author of ten mountaineering books, including the multi-award-winning Freedom Climbers and Art of Freedom. Among its international awards, Freedom Climbers won the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Book Festival, the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature and the American Alpine Club’s H. Adams Carter Literary Award. Art of Freedom also won the Boardman Tasker Prize, and received the Jon Whyte ... Read more
Reviews for Freedom Climbers
One of the most important mountaineering books to be written for many years. – Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature Climbers everywhere have much to l learn from this bold, tragic, ultimately magnificent story. – Grand Prize Winner, Banff Mountain Book Festival A brilliantly crafted tale of mountain and political adventure that reveals a golden era in Himalayan climbing that ... Read more