Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster [book club kit]
(Book Club Kit)
Author
Published
New York : Villard, [1997].
Edition
First edition., Book club kit.
Physical Description
xx, 293 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile Measure
1320L
Status
Campbell Co. Public Library - Storage. See librarian for assistance.
BOOK CLUB KIT
1 available
BOOK CLUB KIT
1 available
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Campbell Co. Public Library - Storage. See librarian for assistance. | BOOK CLUB KIT | Kit includes 10 books plus discussion notes in canvas bag | See Staff |
Subjects
Library of Congress Subjects
Adventure Consultants. -- Guided Expedition -- (1996 : -- Mount Everest)
Krakauer, Jon.
Mount Everest Expedition -- (1996)
Mountain Madness (Firm). -- Everest Expedition -- (1996)
Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
True adventure stories.
Krakauer, Jon.
Mount Everest Expedition -- (1996)
Mountain Madness (Firm). -- Everest Expedition -- (1996)
Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
True adventure stories.
More Details
Published
New York : Villard, [1997].
Format
Book Club Kit
Edition
First edition., Book club kit.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 8.9, 17 Points
Level 8.9, 17 Points
Lexile Measure
1320
Notes
General Note
Map on lining papers.
General Note
Provides lists of persons involved, grouped by expedition name.
General Note
Entire kit must be checked out. Please ask librarian for assistance in locating these materials.
General Note
CAMPBELL: Multiple volumes plus looseleaf pages in a canvas bag. Eash kit contains multiple copies of each title as well as author biography and discussion questions.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 293).
Summary
A history of Mount Everest expedition is intertwined with the disastrous expedition the author was a part of, during which five members were killed by a hurricane-strength blizzard. When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning he learned that six of his fellow climbers hadn't made it back to their camp and were in a desperate struggle for their lives. When the storm finally passed, five of them would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that his right hand would have to be amputated. Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people - including himself - to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eye-witness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement.
Reading Level
1320,Lexile.
Reading Level
Reading Counts RC,9-12,10.0,24.0,5873.
Reading Level
Accelerated Reader AR,17.0,UG,8.9,19789.
Awards
Garden State Book Award (2000)
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Finalist, 1998
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Krakauer, J. (1997). Into thin air: a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster [book club kit] (First edition.). Villard.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Krakauer, Jon. 1997. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster [book Club Kit]. Villard.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster [book Club Kit] Villard, 1997.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster [book Club Kit] First edition., Villard, 1997.
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