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Title: Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine by Julie Summers ISBN: 0-89886-796-7 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: yawn
Comment: I'm afraid I have to disagree with other reviewers of this book. The writing is often awkward and grammatically challenged (to use a current euphemism). And Sandy Irvine comes across as a rather ordinary young man, self centered, good at sports, and good with his hands, but lacking in any sort of intellectual sophistication. It was this very sophisitcation and intellectualism that made Mallory the interesting figure he remains. Had Mallory been a mere hearty, he would have far less interesting. In contrast to Mallory, Irvine strikes one as eactly what this biography tries to convince one he was not, i.e., a follower who had little idea of what Mallory was leading him into.
Because of Irvine's commoness and the bad writing (Where oh where was an editor!?), this is hardly worth the time, and certainly not worth the money.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent reading!
Comment: This is a very well-written and researched book. It provides an introspective and analytical look into the man of mystery on the expedition...Sandy Irvine. The photos, family anecdotes, and treasure trove of memorabilia recently discovered provided a full and satisfying read. You can't know all about the 1924 expedition until you know about what made Sandy Irvine tick.
Rating: 5
Summary: An intensely personal, candid, and informative account
Comment: Fearless On Everest: The Quest For Sandy Irvine is an intensely personal, candid, and informative account of the life of a young man who died at the age of 22 while on an expedition to climb Mt. Everest. Written with a narrative smoothness that completely engages the reader's attention, biographer and Irvine family member Julie Summers includes newly discovered letters and photographs and specifically addresses a long-debated question in mountaineering circles: Why did George Leigh Mallory choose the young, less-experienced Andrew Irvine as his partner on so hazardous an enterprise? Also very highly recommended for mountaineering enthusiasts are three related titles from Mountaineers Books addresses the doomed Mallory-Irvine expedition: Ghosts Of Everest: The Search For Mallory & Irvine (699-5, $.....); The Mystery Of Mallory & Irvine: Fully Revised Edition (726-6, $.....); The Wildest Dream: The Biography Of George Mallory (741-X, $......).
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Title: Detectives on Everest: The 2001 Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition by Jochen Hemmleb, Eric Simonson, Dave Hahn ISBN: 0898868718 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Mystery of Mallory & Irvine by Tom Holzel, Audrey Salkeld, Tom Hozel, Eric R. Simonson ISBN: 0898867266 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory by Peter Gillman, Leni Gillman ISBN: 089886741X Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Last Climb: The Legendary Everest Expeditions of George Mallory by David F. Breashears, Audrey Salkeld, John Mallory ISBN: 0792275381 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Mystery Of Everest: A Photobiography Of George Mallory by Audrey Salkeld ISBN: 0792272226 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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