The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn America's Boldest Mountaineer

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Stunning and stirring. Boston Globe In The Last of His Kind renowned adventure writer David Roberts gives readers a spellbinding history of mountain climbing in the twentieth century as told through the biography of Brad Washburn legendary mountaineering pioneer and photographer. Jon Krakauer author of Into Thin Air has praised David Roberts saying Nobody alive writes better about mountaineeringand nowhere is that truth more evident than in this breathtaking account of the life and exploits of Americas greatest mountain climber.