The Wildest Dream: Mallory - His Life and Conflicting Passions

xiv, 306 pp. 8vo. A biography of the famous mountain climber, drawing on a wealth of new material. "Biographies don't get any better than this. Supremely well researched and documented, erudite, and masterfully written, this book isn't so much about what happened to Mallory in 1924 when he and his climbing partner Irvine disappeared in the mists of Mt. Everest, but rather it seeks the answer to another, almost more fascinating question: who was this man Mallory? This is the book to read to find the answer."