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The World Beneath Their Feet: The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas

4.27 (588 ratings by Goodreads)

English

By (author): Scott Ellsworth

The 2020 National Outdoor Book Awards of the History of the Year

Shortlisted for the 2020 William Hill Sports Book of the Year

'A gripping history' THE ECONOMIST

'The World Beneath Their Feet contains plenty of rollicking stories' THE TIMES

'Gripping'
THE SUNDAY TIMES

One of the most compelling international dramas of the 20th century and an unforgettable saga of survival, technological innovation, and breathtaking human physical achievement-all set against the backdrop of a world headed toward war.

While tension steadily rose between European powers in the 1930s, a different kind of battle was raging across the Himalayas. Contingents from Great Britain, Nazi Germany, and the United States had set up rival camps at the base of the mountains, all hoping to become recognized as the fastest, strongest, and bravest climbers in the world.

Carried on across nearly the entire sweep of the Himalayas, this contest involved not only the greatest mountain climbers of the era, but statesmen and millionaires, world-class athletes and bona fide eccentrics, scientists and generals, obscure villagers and national heroes.

Centered in the 1930s, with one brief, shining postwar coda, the contest was a struggle between hidebound traditionalists and unknown innovators, one that featured new techniques and equipment, unbelievable courage and physical achievement, and unparalleled valor. And death. One Himalayan peak alone, Nanga Parbat in Kashmir, claimed twenty-five lives in less than three years.

Climbing the Himalayas was the Greatest Generation's moonshot--one shrouded in the onset of war, interrupted by it, and then fully accomplished. A gritty, fascinating history that promises to enrapture fans of Hampton Side, Jon Krakauer, and Laura Hillenbrand, The World Beneath Their Feet brings this forgotten story back to life.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 640g
  • Dimensions: 160 x 238mm
  • Publication Date: 20 Feb 2020
  • Publisher: John Murray Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781473649620

About Scott Ellsworth

Scott Ellsworth is the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Game which was the winner of the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. He has written about American history for the New York Times the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. Formerly a historian at the Smithsonian Institution he is the author of Death in a Promised Land his groundbreaking account of the 1921 Tulsa race riot. He lives with his wife and twin sons in Ann Arbor where he teaches at the University of Michigan.

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