| Description |
92 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Totally true adventures!
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Totally true adventures!
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| Note |
"A Stepping Stone Book." |
| Summary |
Recounts the journey made by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey to the peak of Mount Everest, the highest location on Earth, highlighting how they used teamwork to make it to the top. |
| Contents |
The highest challenge -- Mallory, the man -- 1921 expedition: exploring the unknown -- 1922 expedition: avalanche! -- 1924 expedition: Mallory's final climb -- Sherpa Tenzing Norgay -- Tiger of Everest -- Hillary grows up -- The 1953 expedition begins -- Summit team -- In the death zone -- The roof of the world -- To the top -- The story behind the story. |
| Subject |
Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008 -- Juvenile literature.
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Tenzing Norkey, 1914-1986 -- Juvenile literature.
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Mallory, George, 1886-1924 -- Juvenile literature.
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Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Mountaineers -- New Zealand -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Mountaineers -- Nepal -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJg4pqdkh4jpfQ3rPMHt8C |
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Mallory, George, 1886-1924. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcgtmGMDbcCBmchKV9CcP |
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Tenzing Norkey, 1914-1986. |
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Mountaineering. |
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Mountaineers. |
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Asia -- Mount Everest. |
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Great Britain. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP |
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Nepal. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqBrkJm4w88cg9k9Qfpfq |
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New Zealand. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRmXBg7mpKX7p4DJ8Kqp |
| Genre/Form |
Literature.
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Biographies.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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Literature.
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Biographies.
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Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Amatrula, Michele, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780553509878 (lib. bdg.) |
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055350987X (lib. bdg.) |
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9780553509861 (trade) |
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0553509861 (trade) |
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