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Limits of the known  Cover Image Book Book

Limits of the known / David Roberts.

Summary:

The mountaineer and award-winning author of Alone on the Ice and The Lost World of the Old Ones recounts his search for meaning in the quests of history's famed explorers, drawing partially on his own relationship with extreme-risk adventure and serious illness to share insights into what may have motivated landmark expeditions and ascents.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0393609863
  • ISBN: 9780393609868
  • Physical Description: 306 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Farthest north -- Blank on the map -- Prehistoric 5.10 -- The quest for the other -- First descent -- First contact -- The undiscovered Earth -- The future of adventure.
Subject: Roberts, David, 1943-2021.
Adventure and adventurers > History.
Adventure and adventurers > United States > Biography.
Mountaineering > History.
Mountaineers > United States > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.
History.
Autobiographies.
True adventure stories.

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