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sjbozich 's review for:
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
by Robert Macfarlane
A nice mix of the history of science (mostly geology and geography), arts/culture/perspective, personal history (he thanks his editor for getting him to include the "I" in this book - he is a 3rd or 4th generation mountain climber, so this is a history of mountain climbing as well), and quirky fact.
A bit disjointed at times, and the final, long chapter on Mallory does not really tie it all together. That chapter recounts Mallory's 3 attempts at Everest, and thankfully spends most of the pages on the less covered first 2 attempts.
Overall loved this, and read a short ebook by him already as well, and have other titles by him on hand, or on order. He has a new book out, and reading a review of that lead me to this.
A bit disjointed at times, and the final, long chapter on Mallory does not really tie it all together. That chapter recounts Mallory's 3 attempts at Everest, and thankfully spends most of the pages on the less covered first 2 attempts.
Overall loved this, and read a short ebook by him already as well, and have other titles by him on hand, or on order. He has a new book out, and reading a review of that lead me to this.