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Author:

Caesar, Ed, author.

Title:

The moth and the mountain : a true story of love, war, and Everest / Ed Caesar.

Edition:

First Reader Press hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Avid Reader Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xxiv, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Wilson, Maurice,--1898-1934.
Mountaineers--Great Britain--Biography.
Air pilots--Great Britain--Biography.
Mountaineering--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--History.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258).

Summary:

"In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and a deep yearning to achieve his goal. In 1933, he takes off from London in a Gipsy Moth biplane with his course set for the highest mountain on earth. Wilson's eleven-month journey to Everest is wild: full of twists, turns, and daring. Eventually, in disguise, he sneaks into Tibet. His icy ordeal is just beginning."--Amazon.

ISBN:

1501143379
9781501143373

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1139767017

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