Bibliograph

My old man and the mountain, a memoir, Leif Whittaker

Type

Label

My old man and the mountain, a memoir, Leif Whittaker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages: 16+

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My old man and the mountain

Oclc number

944304219

Responsibility statement

Leif Whittaker

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

In 1963, the world followed the first American Mount Everest Expedition, and watched as "Big Jim" Whittaker became the first American to stand on top of the world. He returned home a hero. My Old Man and the Mountain is Leif Whittaker's engaging and humorous story of what it was like to "grow up Whittaker," as the youngest son of Jim Whittaker and Dianne Roberts, and amid an extended family of accomplished climbers. Readers learn of his first adventures with family in the Olympic Mountains and on Mount Rainier; his close, yet at times competitive, relationship with his brother Joss; his battle with a serious back injury; and his efforts to stand apart from his father's legacy

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