Continental Divide TR by Maurice Isserman

Product Details

• Publisher: WW Norton (2017-04-18)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 336 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780393068504
• Item Weight: 358.34 grams
• Dimensions: 20.83 x 13.97 x 2.62 cm

"This is a story of mountains as dreams, of land as destiny, of summits as the pinnacles of all human desire." —Wade Davis, National Geographic

In this magisterial narrative history, award-winning author Maurice Isserman profiles a robust selection of American mountaineers (including John C. Frémont, John Muir, Annie Peck, Bradford Washburn, Charlie Houston, and Bob Bates), and illustrates vividly the importance of mountaineering to the nation’s cultural identity. Covering four centuries of daring climbs, Continental Divide tells a vital story of adventure in the high peaks that evokes the enterprising, revolutionary spirit of America itself.

About the Author

Maurice Isserman is the author of Continental Divide and coauthor of Fallen Giants, a history of Himalayan mountaineering that won the prestigious Banff Prize for best mountaineering history in 2008, as well as that year’s National Outdoor Book Award. He is Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.