|
|
Loading... Where the Silence Rings: A Literary Companion to Mountains (2007)| 11 | None | 1,733,377 | None | None | From Edward Whymper’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.”… (more) |
▾Will you like it?
Loading...
 Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » Add other authors | Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | | Grady, Wayne | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | | Birney, Earle | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Browne, Belmore | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Buchan, John | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Crichton, Michael | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Jung, Carl | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Kincaid, Jamaica | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Krakauer, Jon | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Leopold, Aldo | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Matthiessen, Peter | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Muir, John | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Stephen, Sir Leslie | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Wells, H.G. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | | Whymper, Edward | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
▾Series and work relationships
|
|
| Canonical title |
|
| Original title |
|
| Alternative titles |
|
| Original publication date |
|
| People/Characters |
|
| Important places |
|
| Important events |
|
| Related movies |
|
| Epigraph |
|
| Dedication |
|
| First words |
We started from Zermatt on the 13th of July 1865, at half past 5, on a brilliant and perfectly cloudless morning.  | |
|
| Quotations |
|
| Last words |
|
| Disambiguation notice |
|
| Publisher's editors |
|
| Blurbers |
|
| Original language |
|
| Canonical DDC/MDS |
|
| Canonical LCC |
|
▾References References to this work on external resources.  Wikipedia in English
None ▾Book descriptions From Edward Whymper’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.” ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description |
Current DiscussionsNone Google Books — Loading...
RatingAverage: No ratings.
|
