When the Alps cast their spell : mountaineers of the Alpine Golden Age /
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Author / Creator: | Braham, Trevor. |
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Imprint: | Glasgow : Neil Wilson Pub., c2004. |
Description: | vi, 314 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5544540 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Part 1. 12th-18th Century
- Ch 1. Beginnings
- Part 2. 19th Century Leading Mountaineers
- Ch 2. Alfred Wills
- Ch 3. John Tyndall
- Ch 4. Leslie Stephen
- Ch 5. Adolphus Warburton Moore
- Ch 6. Edward Whymper
- Ch 7. Albert Frederick Mummery
- Ch 8. An Unexpected Success
- Ch 9. There Were Many Others
- Leading Ladies
- Eminent Europeans
- Great Guides
- Part 3. 20th Century
- Ch 10. Beyond the Beginnings
- Notes to Chapters
- Alpine First Ascents
- Bibliography
- Index