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01689nam a2200181 a 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20150716093602.0 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
PINCKNEY COMM. SCHOOLS - 9/12 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780307279354 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Near death in the mountains : |
| Remainder of title |
true stories of disaster and survival / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
edited by Cecil Kuhne. |
| 260 0# - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Vintage Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 496 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
21 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"A Vintage departures original"--T.p. verso. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Foreword from Eiger dreams / Jon Krakauer -- No picnic on Mount Kenya / Felice Benuzzi -- The mountains of my life / Walter Bonatti -- Minus 148 : the winter ascent of Mt. McKinley / Art Davidson -- The white spider: the classic account of the ascent of the Eiger / Heinrich Harrer -- Annapurra: first conquest of an 8,000-meter peak [26,493 feet] / Maurice Herzog -- Everest: the west ridge / Thomas F. Hornbein -- Miracle in the Andes: 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home / Nando Parrado -- In the zone: epic survival stories from he mountaineering world / Peter Potterfield -- The mountain of my fear / David Roberts -- Nanda Devi: the tragic expedition / John Roskelley -- Touching the void / Joe Simpson -- Savage arena / Joe Tasker. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
In these thrillingly true tales of narrow brushes with death, Cecil Kuhne has amassed a wide range of stories that show the awesome power of the mountains. Spanning five continents, from he frosty tip of Mount McKinely in the dead of the winter to the unexplored vastness of the Himalayas and beyond, this is a pulse-pounding collection of disaster and survival at the top of the world. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Mountaineering accidents. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Kuhne, Cecil, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1952- |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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