Killing dragons : the conquest of the Alps / Fergus Fleming.
Killing dragons : the conquest of the Alps / Fergus Fleming.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2000.
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N914.947/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 398 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2000.
Edition
1st American ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2000.
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Summary
"The great mountains were conquered one by one, by insouciant public schoolboys and dogged tradesmen alike. The glaciers accumulated mangled bodies that made their way slowly down to the valleys. More and more tourists came; the dragons were dead. By the third decade of the twentieth century only the suicidally dangerous north faces of the Eiger an...
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Killing dragons : the conquest of the Alps / Fergus Fleming.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-366]).
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Date Copyright
c2000.
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N914.947/5
Record Identifier
74VvAZdJvdQX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvAZdJvdQX
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ISBN
087113778X
DDC
914.947
MMS ID
991013433079702626
