The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer: Edward Whymper's London Diary, 1855-1859 by Edward Whymper, Ian Smith
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer: Edward Whymper's London Diary, 1855-1859

Edward Whymper, Ian Smith

The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer: Edward Whymper's London Diary, 1855-1859

London Record Society

Edward Whymper, Ian Smith

268 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography history medium-paced
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In 1865, when just twenty-five years of age, Edward Whymper achieved the fame of which he had dreamt as a teenager by making the first ascent of the Matterhorn, the last great unclimbed summit in the Alps. With renown came notoriety and lasting so...

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