MY OLD MAN AND THE MOUNTAIN. A Memoir
Seattle: Mountaineers Books, (2016). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. In 1963, the world watched as Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Mount Everest. He returned a hero, celebrated from the streets of his hometown of Seattle to the hills of the
White House. In this engaging and humorous memoir, Jim's youngest son, Leif Wittaker, explores what it was like to "grow up Whittaker"--how he learned to survive in a family of climbers, to repond to the constantly asked question if he will climb Everest, and to find his own way out of the shadow of one of the world's most famous mountaineers. 285 pages with a few black and white photographs, plus both endpapers are full of color photographs. A near fine copy (owner blindstamp to half-title page) in a fine dust jacket. Item #14600
ISBN: 9781680510683
Price: $50.00