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Author:

Roberts, David, 1943- author.

Title:

Limits of the known / David Roberts.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xxi, 306 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Roberts, David,--1943-
Mountaineering--History.
Adventure and adventurers--History.
Mountaineers--United States--Biography.
Adventure and adventurers--United States--Biography.
Autobiographies.
True adventure stories.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-301).

Contents:

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.

Summary:

A celebrated mountaineer and author searches for meaning in great adventures and explorations, past and present. --Publisher

ISBN:

0393609863
9780393609868

OCLC:

(OCoLC)988277152

LCCN:

2017048507

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OJPC027 -- Corning Public Library (Corning)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)