Title: Scrambles amongst the Alps
First published: 1869
Description: The most famous mountaineering book ever written! Contains a vivid account of the 1st ascent of the Matterhorn a
 and that accident that happened on the way down.
Subjects: Description and travel, Mountaineering, History, Mountaineers, Biography, Rhine River and Valley, Alps, description and travel, Alps, guidebooks
Places: Alps, Rhine River Valley, Matterhorn (Switzerland and Italy)
People: Edward Whymper (1840-1911)
Time periods: 19th century