Title: Harry's Absence
First published: April 2000
Description: On February 1, 1960, Harry Scott, conscientious objector, psychologist, and mountaineer, was killed while climbing Mt. Cook. Thirty-five years later, his son set out to look for him.Funny, moving, and beautifully written, this is the story of a father's absence, told party through the rich and exciting mix of biography, autobiography, and intellectual and social history, HARRY'S ABSENCE is a passionately argued book about New Zealand, addressing the distinction between nationalism and love of country. Finally, it is a recovery, from death, of reasons for living.
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Mountaineers, Historians, Fathers, Conscientious objectors, Fathers and sons, Biography, Mountaineering accidents, New zealand, biography, Cook, mount (n.z.)