Continental divide
a history of American mountaineering
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Word Count
109,000 words, Guess
Page Count
436 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100393068501
- ISBN-139780393068504
- Library of Congress Control Number2016000548
- OCLC Control Number909974326
- Better World Books9780393068504
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27205254M
Classifications
- DDC796.52
- LCCGV199.4.I77 2016
- LCCGV199.4 .I77 2016
Description
In Continental Divide, Maurice Isserman tells the history of American mountaineering through four centuries of landmark climbs and first ascents. Mountains were originally seen as obstacles to civilization; over time they came to be viewed as places of redemption and renewal. The White Mountains stirred the transcendentalists; the Rockies and Sierras pulled explorers westward toward Manifest Destiny; Yosemite inspired the early environmental conservationists. Isserman traces the evolving social, cultural, and political roles mountains played in shaping the country. He describes how American mountaineers forged a "brotherhood of the rope," modeled on America's unique democratic self-image that characterized climbing in the years leading up to and immediately following World War II. And he underscores the impact of the postwar "rucksack revolution," including the advances in technique and style made by pioneering "dirtbag" rock climbers.
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