Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life (平装)

分類: 图书,进口原版书,Biographies & Memoirs(传记与自传),Historical(历史人物),
品牌: Alexa Johnston
基本信息出版社:Penguin Global (2008年2月13日)平装:420页正文语种:英语ISBN:0143006460条形码:9780143006466产品尺寸及重量:19.6 x 13 x 3.3 cm ; 318 gASIN:0143006460
商品描述内容简介This best-selling, fascinating biography is a fitting and revealing tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary: family man; climber; explorer; humanitarian; and, legend of the twentieth century. Biographer and family friend, Alexa Johnston, follows Hillary's intrepid footsteps around the world, from his childhood in New Zealand to his humanitarian work with the Himalayan Sherpa people, from climbing to the summit of Everest, to his tractor expedition to the South Pole, and jet boat adventures on the Ganga. Drawing on Hillary's personal archives and including a selection of photographs, it is an intimate and inspiring portrait of a revered yet modest man who lived every second of his life to the full.作者简介Alexa Johnston was curator of the Sir Edmund Hillary: Everest and Beyond exhibition for the Auckland Museum, the Explorers Hall at the National Geographic Museum, Washington DC and Otago Museum, Dunedin. She was principal curator at Auckland Art Gallery from 1990-97 and now works as a freelance curator. Alexa had a close bond of friendship and trust with Sir Edmund.