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Book Synopsis My Old Man and the Mountain by : Leif Whittaker
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 288 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.
Book Synopsis The Legend of the Old Man of the Mountain by : Denise Ortakales
Download or read book The Legend of the Old Man of the Mountain written by Denise Ortakales and published by Legend (Sleeping Bear). This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated retelling of an Indian legend from New Hampshire.
Book Synopsis Old Man, Goodbye by : Louise Clements
Download or read book Old Man, Goodbye written by Louise Clements and published by PublishingWorks. This book was released on 2003 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When nine-year-old Ernest and his father travel to New Hampshire to say goodbye to the stone formation known as the Old Man of the Mountain, Ernest experiences the peace of the woods, listens to his father tell Nathaniel Hawthorne's story of "The Great Stone Face," and has a mysterious encounter.
Book Synopsis My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics) by : Jean Craighead George
Download or read book My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics) written by Jean Craighead George and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-04-12 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the solitude-and danger-of the mountains, where he finds a side of himself he never knew.
Book Synopsis Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book) by : Grace Lin
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.
Book Synopsis Man on the Mountain by : Gladys Hasty Carroll
Download or read book Man on the Mountain written by Gladys Hasty Carroll and published by John Curley & Associates. This book was released on 1969 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Great Stone Face by : Nathaniel Hawthorne
Download or read book The Great Stone Face written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Burying the Mountain by : Shangyang Fang
Download or read book Burying the Mountain written by Shangyang Fang and published by Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Shangyang Fang’s debut Burying the Mountain, longing and loss rush through a portal of difficult beauty. Absence is translated into fire ants and snow, a boy’s desire is transfigured into the indifference of mountains and rivers, and loneliness finds its place in the wounded openness of language. From the surface of a Song Dynasty ink-wash painting to a makeshift bedroom in Chengdu, these poems thread intimacy, eros, and grief. Evoking the music of ancient Chinese poetry, Fang alloys political erasure, exile, remembrance, and death into a single brushstroke on the silk scroll, where names are forgotten as paper boats on water.
Book Synopsis The Old Man of the Mountain by : Robert Hutchinson
Download or read book The Old Man of the Mountain written by Robert Hutchinson and published by Browntrout Publishers. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographic memorial to New Hampshire's state emblem, the Old Man profile of natural granite that collapsed in the White Mountains in May 2003. History and geology in text by geologist Robert Hutchinson; foreword by former NH Gov. Steve Merrill.
Book Synopsis Silence on the Mountain by : Daniel Wilkinson
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.
Book Synopsis The Old Man of the Mountain by : Herbert Strang
Download or read book The Old Man of the Mountain written by Herbert Strang and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[...] "To me the drone of a mosquito is ten times worse," said Jackson. "Apparently they don't like you, but they can never have enough of me, the brutes!" "Soft and sweet!" murmured Mackenzie. "What's the tiger-skin worth, Dick?" asked Jackson, ignoring the Scotsman's jibe. "I don't know; but a goodish sum, probably. A man-eater's skin is usually mangy, but old Sher says that this is in good condition. Look out, Bob!" Jackson ducked his head, already warned by a booming noise like the [...]".
Book Synopsis The old man of the mountain by : Ludwig Tieck
Download or read book The old man of the mountain written by Ludwig Tieck and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Man & the Mountain by : Imtiyaz Khan
Download or read book The Man & the Mountain written by Imtiyaz Khan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young man is disappointed over his failure to commit suicide. He plots to try again after getting rid of an old mountaineer, who helps him recuperate. Forced to spend some time in the mountains, the wise mountaineer promises that he will show him a better method to end life if he accompanies him. It is a tussle between a believer and a non-believer, where the elderly man is bound by his promise and the young man is adamant in his decision.
Book Synopsis The Old Man of the Mountain by : Ludwig Tieck
Download or read book The Old Man of the Mountain written by Ludwig Tieck and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2 by : Jennifer Jordan
Download or read book The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2 written by Jennifer Jordan and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating tale…Readers who are into high-altitude adventure stories won’t be disappointed." —Associated Press In 1939 the Savage Mountain claimed its first victim. Born into vast wealth yet uneasy with a life of leisure, Dudley Wolfe, of Boston and Rockport, Maine, set out to become the first man to climb K2, the world’s second-highest mountain and, in the opinion of mountaineers, an even more formidable challenge than Mt. Everest. Although close to middle age and inexperienced at high altitude, Wolfe, with the team leader, made it higher than any other members of the expedition, but he couldn’t get back down. Suffering from altitude sickness and severe dehydration, he was abandoned at nearly 25,000 feet; it would be another sixty-three years before the author discovered his remains.
Book Synopsis Mountain Man Fixated by : Olivia T Turner
Download or read book Mountain Man Fixated written by Olivia T Turner and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'm a city girl. I don't do nature. It sucks. Bugs, bears, poison ivy. You name it, I hate it. So, when my niece asks me to accompany her on a camping trip, I'm horrified. But I'm a good aunt, so I say yes. Well, that was a huge mistake. One of many. Forgetting the bug spray. That was a mistake. So was thinking I could control a canoe. Spoiler alert: I can't. When I get irrevocably lost from the group in the mountain wilderness, I think I've made a fatal mistake. Until Cyrus finds me. He's big, strong, and the toughest man these mountains have ever seen. But he goes absolutely weak when he sees me. An obsession takes over and he's not about to let me go. Is there anything in the survival guide for when a burly mountain man becomes obsessed with you? Spoiler alert: Nope. There's not. Mia is about to find out if bearded men do it better. I think we already know the answer to that question, but come along for the ride anyway and watch this obsessive alpha male move mountains for his girl. Insta-love at its finest in a SAFE read with no cheating and a super sweet HEA guaranteed. Double V-cards. Enjoy!
Book Synopsis The Sound of the Mountain by : Yasunari Kawabata
Download or read book The Sound of the Mountain written by Yasunari Kawabata and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Nobel Prize-winning writer and acclaimed author of Snow Country comes a beautiful rendering of the predicament of old age—about an elderly Tokyo businessman who must face the failures of his memory and the sudden upsurges of passion that illuminate the end of a life. “A rich, complicated novel.... Of all modern Japanese fiction, Kawabata’s is the closest to poetry.” —The New York Times Book Review By day Ogata Shingo, an elderly Tokyo businessman, is troubled by small failures of memory. At night he associates the distant rumble he hears from the nearby mountain with the sounds of death. In between are the complex relationships that were once the foundations of Shingo’s life: his trying wife; his philandering son; and his beautiful daughter-in-law, who inspires in him both pity and the stirrings of desire. Out of this translucent web of attachments, Kawabata has crafted a novel that is a powerful, serenely observed meditation on the relentless march of time. Translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker
