Look to the Mountain
Author : LeGrand Cannon (Jr.)
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Page : 511 pages
File Size : 34,47 MB
Release : 1942
Category : New Hampshire
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Author : LeGrand Cannon (Jr.)
Publisher :
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 34,47 MB
Release : 1942
Category : New Hampshire
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Page : 243 pages
File Size : 41,39 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Human ecology
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Author : Steve House
Publisher : Patagonia
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 32,54 MB
Release : 2013-10-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1938340051
What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty. In 2005 Steve and alpinist Vince Anderson pioneered a direct new route on the Rupal Face of 26,600-foot Nanga Parbat, which had never before been climbed in alpine style. It was the third ascent of the face and the achievement earned Steveand Vince the first Piolet d"or (Golden Ice Axe) awarded to North Americans. Steve is an accomplished and spellbinding storyteller in the tradition of Maurice Herzog and Lionel Terray. Beyond the Mountain is a gripping read destined to be a mountain classic. And it
Author : Jean Craighead George
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 40,61 MB
Release : 2001-05-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0593115007
"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book
Author : Suzanne Hensel
Publisher :
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 24,23 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Lemmon, Mount (Ariz.)
ISBN :
An in-depth look into the lives and times of the people who shaped the history of the Catalina Mountains. This revised edition includes a section on the 2003 Aspen fires.
Author : Mark Lawrence
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 23,13 MB
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0008284822
Second novel in the chilling and epic new fantasy series from the bestselling and critically-acclaimed author of PRINCE OF THORNS and RED SISTER. 'If you like dark you will love Mark Lawrence. And when the light breaks through and it all makes sense, the contrast is gorgeous' ROBIN HOBB
Author : LeGrand Cannon (Jr.)
Publisher :
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 19,41 MB
Release : 1942
Category : Large type books
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Author : LeGrand Cannon
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 42,91 MB
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1581575068
The million-copy bestselling novel of the New England frontier One of the most popular and enduring novels of the last century, Look to the Mountain is the epic story of two young settlers who start a new life in the foothills of New Hampshire's White Mountains on the eve of the American Revolution. They learn to survive amid the struggle in what was then a harsh and unforgiving landscape, forging a bond between both them and their adopted homeland. A critical and commercial success when it was first published in 1942, LeGrand Cannon, Jr.'s novel was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and translated into numerous languages throughout the world. It has sold over one million copies through various editions and has never been out of print. Seventy-five years on, Look to the Mountain is still a definitive American novel, offering a captivating glimpse of life at the edges of the original colonies, and the grit and determination of the earliest New Englanders.
Author : Legrand Cannon
Publisher :
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 50,88 MB
Release : 1968
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Author : Le Grand B. Cannon
Publisher :
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 14,14 MB
Release : 1942
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