Category - Non Fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Format - Hardcover
Condition - Good
Listed - 4 months ago
Ships From - Montana
Est. Publication Date - Apr 1997
Seller Description
Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is semi-autobiographical; it details the horrific deaths of members of a Mount Everest expedition in which Krakauer participated. Krakauer wrote the book partly to assuage his survivor's guilt and provide catharsis. Immediately after the expedition, he wrote an article for Outside magazine.
Additional Information
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
ISBN: 9780679457527
Publisher Description
The author describes his spring 1996 trek to Mt. Everest, a disastrous expedition that claimed the lives of eight climbers, and explains why he survived
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