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Killing Dragons

Fergus Fleming

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Fergus FlemingPublished February 27, 2001cover on file

"Here be dragons" said the old maps. In the late-18th century, a few brave men started to venture up the mountains of Switzerland to discover the secrets hidden in their snowy peaks. Then the British arrived and "mountaineering" was born. This is a history of the conquest of the Alps.

Edition1st American ed edition
PublisherAtlantic Monthly Press
Pages416
FormatHardcover
Search languageenglish
ISBN_13978-0-871-13778-4 primary
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