Because It's There: The Life of George Mallory (100 Greats S.) |
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Dudley Green
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Pages: 224 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0752433997
Pub: NPI Media Group
Pub date: 2005-06
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 95913
Reader Reviews:
Mallory and his mountain (0/0 people found this helpful)
This is significant as the first biography of Mallory to be written since the discovery of his body 2,000 feet from the top.
It is also an unusual and excellent biography because unlike many modern biographies it does not seek to diminish the achievements of the subject or to expose interesting but peripheral skeletons. Thus you will search in vain for example for any suggestion that Mallory had homosexual experiences. This biography does not duck the issue but just ignores it and focuses on what Mallory would have seen as the important parts of his life, his friends, his family and his formidable public achievements.
This is why the book whilst not exactly endorsed by the Mallory family seems to carry their approval thus John Mallory writes a moving foreword to the book and in many ways a warning to the intrepid and the brave when he writes
“My great sadness is that I never really knew my father. Yes, I know much about him, but that is not the same.
I hope future generations of mountaineers will learn the importance of being sure to keep an ample reserve of time and energy for a safe descent from whatever mountain they may be climbing.”
The book contains many images of both Mallory and Everest that have not been featured in a mainstream title before. It is an excellent book for those who want to focus on the man and his mountain rather than the emotional cul de sacs that Mallory wandered down in his youth.
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Books -> Subjects -> Sports, Hobbies & Games -> General
Books -> Subjects -> Sports, Hobbies & Games -> Climbing & Mountaineering -> Mountaineering History & Biography