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Classic Krakauer : essays on wilderness and risk

Essays on wilderness and risk (portion title)

Krakauer, Jon (author.). Krakauer, Jon Mark Foo's last ride. (Added Author). Krakauer, Jon Living under the volcano. (Added Author). Krakauer, Jon Death and anger on Everest. (Added Author). Krakauer, Jon Descent to Mars. (Added Author). Krakauer, Jon After the fall. (Added Author). Krakauer, Jon Gates of the Arctic. (Added Author). Krakauer, Jon Loving them to death. (Added Author). Krakauer, Jon Clean, well-lighted place. (Added Author). Krakauer, Jon Fred Beckey is still on the loose. (Added Author). Krakauer, Jon Embrace the misery. (Added Author).

Summary: "The gripping articles collected in Classic Krakauer--originally published in magazines such as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian--show why he is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists to an otherworldly cave in New Mexico, studied by NASA to better understand Mars; from the notebook of one Fred Beckey, who catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. Rigorously researched and vividly written, marked by an unerring instinct for storytelling and scoop, these pieces are unified by the author's ambivalent love affair with unruly landscapes and his relentless search for truth"--

Record details

ISBN: 1984897691
ISBN: 9781984897695
Physical Description: 181 pages ; 21 cm
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Edition: First Anchor Books edition.
Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

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Formatted Contents Note:

Mark Foo's last ride -- Living under the volcano -- Death and anger on Everest -- Descent to Mars -- After the fall -- Gates of the Arctic -- Loving them to death -- A clean, well-lighted place -- Fred Beckey is still on the loose -- Embrace the misery.