E-book
Everest / written by Rebecca Stephens.
Information on Everest and mountains around the world is combined with loosely related sections on mountain climbing gear, the Winter Olympics, and alpine conservation.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780756668013
- ISBN: 0756668018
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (62 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2001.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Mountains of the world -- Mountains in the making -- The seven summits -- Mountain features -- Wind and weather -- Life at the top -- Mountain specialists -- People of the Himalayas -- European mountain people -- Lords of the Andes -- North American mountain people -- Gods, myths, and legends -- Homes in high places -- Making a living -- Mountain travel -- Early days of mountaineering -- The ultimate challenge -- Hillary and Tenzing -- Traverses and triumphs -- Clothes and equipment -- Surviving extremes -- Mountain rescue -- Climbing techniques -- Mountain sports -- The winter Olympics -- Disaster! -- Saving the summits. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Written by Rebecca Stephens. |
| Target Audience Note: | IG1200L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.4 1 87206. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) > Juvenile literature. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. Juvenile works. |
