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Oct 2, 2012 · Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest Paperback – Illustrated, October 2, 2012 by Wade Davis (Author) 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,317 ratings
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About Into the Silence The definitive story of the British adventurers who survived the trenches of World War I and went on to risk their lives climbing Mount Everest. On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s ...
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Oct 6, 2011 · Wade Davis. 4.26. 4,363 ratings691 reviews. A magnificent work of history, biography and adventure. If the quest for Mount Everest began as a grand imperial gesture, as redemption for an empire of explorers that had lost the race to the Poles, it ended as a mission of regeneration for a country and a people bled white by war.
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Beautifully written and rich with detail, Into the Silence is a classic account of exploration and endurance, and a timeless portrait of an extraordinary generation of adventurers, soldiers, and mountaineers the likes of which we will never see again. Rave reviews for Into the Silence by Wade Davis. #1 Bestseller (Amazon UK)
Dec 2, 2011 · Wade Davis, the National Geographic explorer-in-residence and the author of several books, has managed the herculean task of bringing it all together in “Into the Silence.” Assiduously...
Wade Davis. Follow. Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest Paperback – Oct. 2 2012. by Wade Davis (Author) 4.6 1,237 ratings. See all formats and editions. A classic account of exploration and endurance from the bestselling author of The Wayfinders.
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Oct 2, 2012 · Drawing on more than a decade of prodigious research, bestselling author and explorer Wade Davis vividly re-creates the heroic efforts of Mallory and his fellow climbers, setting their significant achievements in sweeping historical context: from Britain’s nineteen-century imperial ambitions to the war that shaped Mallory’s generation.
