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The Mountain and the Fathers

Author : Joe Wilkins
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619020416
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Mountain and the Fathers written by Joe Wilkins and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mountain and the Fathers explores the life of boys and men in the unforgiving, harsh world north of the Bull Mountains of eastern Montana in a drought afflicted area called the Big Dry, a land that chews up old and young alike. Joe Wilkins was born into this world, raised by a young mother and elderly grandfather following the untimely death of his father. That early loss stretches out across the Big Dry, and Wilkins uses his own story and those of the young boys and men growing up around him to examine the violence, confusion, and rural poverty found in this distinctly American landscape. Ultimately, these lives put forth a new examination of myth and manhood in the American West and cast a journalistic eye on how young men seek to transcend their surroundings in the search for a better life. Rather than dwell on grief or ruin, Wilkins' memoir posits that it is our stories that sustain us, and The Mountain and the Fathers, much like the work of Norman Maclean or Jim Harrison, heralds the arrival of an instant literary classic.

My Father's War in Vietnam

Author : Louis Edward Rosas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781512044737
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book My Father's War in Vietnam written by Louis Edward Rosas and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For every man who pulled a trigger in Vietnam, there were nine men who supported him. This is the story of one of those men: SP4 Luis Rosas-Luca and those who served with him in the U.S. Army's 1st Air Cavalry Air Mobile Division / 15th Transportation Corps Battalion Delta Company at Camp Radcliff, An Khe in the Central Highlands of the Republic of Vietnam 1965-1966. Overlooking their base stood the Hon Cong Mountain whose shadow lives on as a metaphor for the war's long reach after their tour ended and how it affected these Vietnam Veterans and their families. This book contains over 400 never before seen photographs taken by Luis Rosas during his tour in Vietnam.

My Side of the Mountain

Author : Jean Craighead George
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593115007
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book My Side of the Mountain written by Jean Craighead George and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-05-21 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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

The Eiger Obsession

Author : John Harlin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 141653931X
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Eiger Obsession written by John Harlin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historic memoir by the noted Alpine climber and journalist who undertakes an epic climb of The Eiger in Switzerland—the very same mountain that not only made his father “Eiger John” famous, but killed him in 1966. In the 1960s an American named John Harlin II changed the face of Alpine climbing. Gutsy and gorgeous—he was known as “the blond god”—Harlin successfully summitted some of the most treacherous mountains in Europe. But it was the north face of the Eiger that became Harlin’s obsession. Living with his wife and two children in Leysin, Switzerland, he spent countless hours planning to climb, waiting to climb, and attempting to climb the massive vertical face. It was the Eiger direct—the direttissima—with which John Harlin was particularly obsessed. He wanted to be the first to complete it, and everyone in the Alpine world knew it. John Harlin III was nine years old when his father made another attempt on a direct ascent of the notorious Eiger. Harlin had put together a terrific team, and, despite unending storms, he was poised for the summit dash. It was the moment he had long waited for. When Harlin’s rope broke, 2,000 feet from the summit, he plummeted 4,000 feet to his death. In the shadow of tragedy, young John Harlin III came of age possessed with the very same passion for risk that drove his father. But he had also promised his mother, a beautiful and brilliant young widow, that he would not be an Alpine climber. Harlin moved from Europe to America, and, with an insatiable sense of wanderlust, he reveled in downhill skiing and rock-climbing. For years he successfully denied the clarion call of the mountain that killed his father. But in 2005, John Harlin could resist no longer. With his nine-year-old daughter, Siena—his very age at the time of his father’s death—and with an IMAX Theatre filmmaking crew watching, Harlin set off to slay the Eiger. This is an unforgettable story about fathers and sons, climbers and mountains, and dreamers who dare to challenge the earth.

Great White Fathers

Author : John Taliaferro
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 9781586482053
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Great White Fathers written by John Taliaferro and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2003-12-18 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shares the accomplishments of Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor responsible for the creation of Mount Rushmore, revealing his motivations for constructing the monument and the response he received after its completion.

My Old Man and the Mountain

Author : Leif Whittaker
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1680510703
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book My Old Man and the Mountain written by Leif Whittaker and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • A fresh perspective on a famous father and a legacy forged on the icy slopes of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak In 1963, the world followed the first American Mount Everest Expedition, and watched as “Big Jim” Whittaker became the first American to stand on top of the world. He returned home a hero. My Old Man and the Mountain is Leif Whittaker’s engaging and humorous story of what it was like to “grow up Whittaker”—the youngest son of Jim Whittaker and Dianne Roberts, in an extended family of accomplished climbers. He shares glimpses of his upbringing and how the pressure to climb started early on. Readers learn of his first adventures with family in the Olympic Mountains and on Mount Rainier; his close yet at times competitive relationship with his brother Joss; his battle with a serious back injury; and his efforts to stand apart from his father’s legacy. With wry honesty he depicts being a recent college grad, still living in his parents’ home and trying to find a purpose in life—digging ditches, building houses, selling t-shirts to tourists—until a chance encounter leads to the opportunity to climb Everest, just like his father did. Leif heads to Nepal with all the excitement, irony, boredom, and trepidation that are part of high-altitude climbing. Well-known guides Dave Hahn and Melissa Arnot figure prominently in his story, as does “Big Jim.” But Leif’s story is not his father’s story. It’s a unique coming of age tale on the steep slopes of Everest and a climbing adventure that lights the imagination and fills an emotional human endeavor with universal meaning.

Silence on the Mountain

Author : Daniel Wilkinson
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822333685
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book Silence on the Mountain written by Daniel Wilkinson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a young human rights worker, "Silence on the Mountain" is a virtuoso work of reporting and a masterfully plotted narrative tracing the history of Guatemala's 36-year internal war, a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book)

Author : Grace Lin
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316052604
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book) written by Grace Lin and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection! A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.

Beside the Mountain

Author : Stefania Silvestri
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780985727208
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Beside the Mountain written by Stefania Silvestri and published by . This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Citadel on the Mountain

Author : Richard Wertime
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374529140
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book Citadel on the Mountain written by Richard Wertime and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-05-16 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A warped dream, an overbearing father, and his son A handsome, brilliant man, the author's father-irascible, strong-willed, a compulsive womanizer-stands at the center of this strangely compelling story. In the mid-1970s, after a life in government service, which was shadowy in its depths, Ted Wertime built a fortress-like house on a mountaintop in south-central Pennsylvania. He had forged for himself a secondary career as a highly respected historian of ancient science and technology, and was convinced that it was his fate to lead a sweeping revolution that would cleanse the United States of energy abuse, political corruption, and an odd assortment of social ills. His "citadel" would serve as his revolutionary headquarters. He, his wife, and Joan, the last and most troubled of his succession of mistresses, lived in the house together in a bizarre ménage à trois. His dream was to recruit his four sons to take part in his cause. The author, Richard Wertime, is the second-oldest son. Citadel on the Mountain is the story of his struggle to escape from a domineering and, at times, hypnotizing father who sought to control the sexual and professional lives of his offspring.

Storm Mountain

Author : Tom Birdseye
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 149764593X
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Storm Mountain written by Tom Birdseye and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cat Taylor is furious when her cousin steals her father’s ashes to scatter on the mountain—but when they get caught in a blizzard, can the two work together to survive? Cat Taylor’s father and uncle, a famous search-and-rescue team, died on Storm Mountain two years ago, and Cat and her mother still can’t seem to move on. When her mom goes away on business for the weekend, Cat thinks she has the house to herself—until her cousin Ty suddenly shows up at her door, claiming his dad visited him in a dream and told him to scatter the two brothers’ ashes at the mountain’s summit. Cat refuses; how can Ty ask her to let go of her dad? But when she wakes up the next morning, Cat discovers that Ty has gone to Storm Mountain—and he took her father’s ashes with him. Determined to stop Ty before he does something crazy, Cat races up the mountain after him. But when a huge snowstorm rolls in and traps them, Cat and Ty realize they could be in more danger than they ever imagined.

On the Far Side of the Mountain

Author : Jean Craighead George
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593693515
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book On the Far Side of the Mountain written by Jean Craighead George and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-05-22 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two years ago, Sam ran away from New York City to live in the Catskill Mountains. Now his younger sister Alice has joined him and is quietly living in a tree house of her own nearby. Their peaceful life is shattered when a conservation officer confiscates Sam’s falcon, Frightful, and Alice suddenly vanishes. Sam leaves his home to search for Alice, hoping to find Frightful, too. But the trail to the far side of the mountain may lead Sam into great danger. “Surpasses the original in style and substance . . . This story [is] a jewel.” —Booklist “George has outdone herself here.” —Kirkus Reviews

All My Holy Mountain

Author : L. B. Graham
Publisher : P & R Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780875527246
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book All My Holy Mountain written by L. B. Graham and published by P & R Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sulmandir and the dragons have returned and, despite the power of their adversaries, hope for victory is growing but before the binding of the blade can be broken, Benjiah knows he will have to make a sacrifice.

I Bought a Mountain

Author : Thomas Firbank
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1780725574
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book I Bought a Mountain written by Thomas Firbank and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WITH A FOREWORD BY PATRICK BARKHAM And an essay by Welsh hill farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones 'I first saw Dyffryn in a November gale... the old house was quivering under the thrusts of the wind, and the wild, remote setting had already captured my fancy, and I will hold it till I die.' So begins the remarkable story of a 21-year-old man who, with no experience in agriculture, visited a sheep farm on a near barren Welsh mountainside in 1931 and that same day bought all 2,400 acres along with its 3000 sheep for £5,000. Set amidst the rugged grandeur of Snowdonia, I Bought a Mountain follows the struggles and triumphs of this impulsive but hard-working man and his every-bit-as-tough wife, Esme, as they fight to build the farm into prosperity. Firbank's writing is guileless and immediate and ruthlessly honest. His paean to the traditional, Welsh hill-farming way of life, transports you to a disappearing world, one ruled by the age-old rhythms of work, weather, livestock and a love of the land, and offers precious insights into conservation and sustainability.

Mountain Runaways

Author : Pam Withers
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459748336
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Mountain Runaways written by Pam Withers and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will their wilderness skills be enough to survive the dangerous Rocky Mountains? First a Canadian Rockies avalanche kills their parents. Then Children’s Services threatens to separate them. That’s when the three Gunnarsson kids decide to run away into the mountains and fend for themselves until the oldest turns eighteen and becomes their legal guardian. Not many would dare. But Jon, Korka, and Aron’s parents ran a survival school. Turns out their plan is full of holes. When food and equipment go missing and illness and injury strike, things get scary. They’re even less prepared for encounters with dangerous animals and a sketchy woods dweller. On top of that, grief, cold, hunger, and sibling infighting threaten to tear them apart, while the search parties are closing in on them. Do Jon, Korka, and Aron really have what it takes to survive?

Touching My Father's Soul

Author : Jamling T. Norgay
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062516884
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Touching My Father's Soul written by Jamling T. Norgay and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2002-05-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a story of Everest unlike any told before, Jamling Tenzing Norgay gives us an insider's view of the Sherpa world. As Climbing Leader of the famed 1996 Everest IMAX expedition led by David Breashears, Jamling Norgay was able to follow in the footsteps of his legendary mountaineer father, Tenzing Norgay, who with Sir Edmund Hillary was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in 1953. Jamling Norgay interweaves the story of his own ascent during the infamous May 1996 Mount Everest disaster with little-known stories from his father's historic climb and the spiritual life of the Sherpas, revealing a fascinating and profound world that few -- even many who have made it to the top -- have ever seen.

The Mountains Sing

Author : Que Mai Phan Nguyen
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1643750496
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book The Mountains Sing written by Que Mai Phan Nguyen and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Bestseller New York Times Editors’ Choice SelectionWinner of the 2020 Lannan Literary Awards Fellowship "[An] absorbing, stirring novel . . . that, in more than one sense, remedies history." —The New York Times Book Review “A triumph, a novelistic rendition of one of the most difficult times in Vietnamese history . . . Vast in scope and intimate in its telling . . . Moving and riveting.” —VIET THANH NGUYEN, author of The Sympathizer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner’s In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà Nội, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that tore apart not just her beloved country, but also her family. Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Việt Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope. The Mountains Sing is celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai’s first novel in English.