Since they were once avoided at all costs, how have mountains, in the space of three centuries, come to exert such a strange and sometimes fatal hold on the imagination, moving millions every year to risk their lives? The author of this engaging book seeks to answer these questions.
| ISBN: | 9781847080394 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 2008 |
| Author: | Robert Macfarlane |
| Publisher: | Granta |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 306 pages |
| Genres: |
Climbing and mountaineering Travel writing |