Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life

by Alexa Johnston and TurtleMe

Book Overview

60 years ago New Zealand's greatest adventurer Edmund Hillary made world history with his ascent of Mt Everest. This intimate and inspiring book tells the full story of Sir Edmund Hillary's extraordinary life, from his expeditions to remote corners of the world to his humanitarian activities serving the Sherpa people. Drawing on Sir Ed's personal archives, it is a portrait of a revered yet modest man wholived life to the full - surviving personal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143006460
• ISBN13: 9780143006466
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.0" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher