Johnston, Alexa <br/><br/>
Sir Edmund Hillary :  an extraordinary life / 
 Extraordinary life 
the authorised, illustrated biography by Alexa Johnston. 
 - 231 pages :  illustrations (some colour), maps ;  28 cm 
<br/><br/> "First published by Penguin Group (NZ), 2005"--Colophon.  "Published with the assistance of AM Tamaki Paenga Hira, Auckland War Memorial Museum"-- Back cover. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780143569404 (paperback) :  $50.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008 <br/>Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008 --Travel--Himalaya Mountains.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mountaineers--New Zealand--Biography<br/>Explorers--New Zealand--Biography
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Himalaya Mountains--Description and travel
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>796.522092