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001			on1235777950
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005			20210312140804.0
008			210118t20212021nyua b 000 0 eng d
040			_aTOH _beng _cTOH _dBDX _dDAD _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dHQD _dNFG
020			_a9781643136424 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1643136429 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1235777950
043			_an-us-ak
092			_a796.522 _bD282
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aDean, Patrick, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA window to heaven : _bthe daring first ascent of Denali, America's wildest peak / _cPatrick Dean.
250			_aFirst Pegasus Books cloth edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPegasus Books, _c2021.
264		4	_c©2021
300			_a316 pages : _billustrations (16 pages of plates, some color) ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 285-310).
505	0		_aTall mountain -- From London to the American frontier -- "The mountain," exploring the west, and fighting for justice -- Grit, good works, & the Grand Canyon -- Going inside by dogsled and Yukon river boat -- Walter Harper & the nobler ideal -- The seventy mile kid -- The great monarch of the north -- The "fraudulent narrative," the judge, and the sourdoughs -- To the foot of Denali -- The highway of desire -- The northeast ridge -- A privileged communion -- "A liar and a sneak" -- "The light of a bright example" -- The long trail.
520			_a"In 1913, four men made a months-long journey by dog sled to the base of the tallest mountain in North America. Several groups had already tried but failed to reach the top of a mountain whose size--occupying 120 square miles of the earth's surface --and position as the Earth's northernmost peak of more than 6,000 meters elevation make it one of the world's deadliest mountains. Although its height from base to top is actually greater than Everest's, it is Denali's weather, not altitude, that have caused the great majority of fatalities--over a hundred since 1903. Denali experiences weather more severe than the North Pole, with temperatures of forty below zero and winds that howl at 80 to 100 miles per hour for days at a stretch. But in 1913 none of this mattered to Hudson Stuck, a fifty-year old Episcopal priest, Harry Karstens, the hardened Alaskan wilderness guide, Walter Harper, part of the Koyukon people, and Robert Tatum, a divinity student, both just in their twenties. They were all determined to be the first to set foot on top of Denali"--Provided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aHarper, Walter, _d1892-1918.
600	1	0	_aStuck, Hudson, _d1863-1920.
650		0	_aMountaineers _zAlaska _vBiography.
650		0	_aMountaineering _zAlaska _zDenali, Mount _xHistory.
651		0	_aDenali, Mount (Alaska) _9255143
651		0	_aAlaska _xHistory. _922979
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