Sir Edmund Hillary : an extraordinary life / the authorised, illustrated biography by Alexa Johnston.
Material type: TextPublisher: Auckland : Penguin, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 231 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780143569404 (paperback) :
- Extraordinary life
- 796.522092 23
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 796.522092 HIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A529353B |
"First published by Penguin Group (NZ), 2005"--Colophon.
"Published with the assistance of AM Tamaki Paenga Hira, Auckland War Memorial Museum"-- Back cover.
"A biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, it follows him around the world, from his childhood in New Zealand to his humanitarian work with the Himalayan Sherpa people, from climbing to the summit of Everest, to his tractor expedition to the South Pole, and jet boat adventures on the Ganga. It draws on his personal archives and includes photographs."--Whitcoulls website.
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