Into the silence: the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of Everest
(Book)
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 finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a twenty-two-year-old Oxford scholar with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them returned.
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. Theirs was a country broken, and the Everest expeditions emerged as a powerful symbol of national redemption and hope. In Davis’s rich exploration, he creates a timeless portrait of these remarkable men and their extraordinary times.
Notes
Davis, W. (2011). Into the silence: the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of Everest. New York, A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Davis, Wade. 2011. Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest. New York, A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Davis, Wade, Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest. New York, A. Knopf, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Davis, Wade. Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest. New York, A. Knopf, 2011.
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