The conquest of Everest.
By: With a chapter on the final assault by Sir Edmund Hillary. Foreword by H. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh.
Edition: [1st American ed.]
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 1954
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Work titles: Ascent of Everest
Description: The fascinating account of the the British Everest Expedition's successful 1953 assault on the summit of Mount Everest, as told by the Expedition's leader, Sir John Hunt, and Sir Edmund Hillary, the first to make the ascent of Everest.
Notes: First published in London in 1953 under title: The ascent of Everest.

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