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The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest
The Moth and the Mountain A True Story of Love War and Everest
Author: Ed Caesar
An extraordinary true story about one man’s attempt to salve the wounds of war and save his own soul through an audacious adventure. — In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a p...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781501143373
ISBN-10: 1501143379
Publication Date: 11/17/2020
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Mr. Caesar shares with readers his extensive research into the mad adventure of a WWI vet at loose ends who wanted to climb Mt. Everest after crashing his plane as far up the mountain as he could get. This was in 1933 and he flew from England to Nepal in short hops. Luckily for his biographer, Mr. Wilson left behind diaries and wrote many letters.
Reviewed in The Economist, 'Clouds of Glory' p. 78, 21 November 2020.


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