Everest : the remarkable story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Stewart, Alexandra2019
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In the late morning of May 29th 1953, the sun was shining brightly on the roof of the world, a gentle breeze was blowing and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever. Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and the roof of the world was Everest. This is the story of how two very different yet equally determined men battled frost-biting temperatures, tumbling ice rocks, powerful winds and death-defying ridges to reach the top of the world's highest mountain. Join these two unlikely heroes on the most amazing of adventures and discover the impact of hundreds of men and women that helped Hillary and Tenzing achieve their goal. But triumphs can be marred with tragedy as not everyone who climbs Everest survives.
Main title:
Everest : the remarkable story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay / Alexandra Stewart ; illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton.
Author:
Stewart, Alexandra, authorTodd-Stanton, Joe, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019.
Collation:
62 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 31 cm
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781526600769 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
796.522095796.522J796.522796.522 STEWCH 796.52910.92C 796.522
Language:
English
Subject:
Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008 -- Juvenile literatureTenzing Norkey, 1914-1986 -- Juvenile literatureMount Everest Expedition (1953) -- Juvenile literatureMountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literatureEverest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Juvenile literatureNon-Fiction 9+Sport
BRN:
2517865