Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer holds a highly rated rating of 4.11 out of 5, based on 291.3K reader ratings. First published in 1997. The book spans 368 pages.
About Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for Into Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the May 1996 disaster.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Jon Krakauer |
| Published | 1997 |
| Pages | 368 |
| Genres | Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Travel, Biography & Memoir, History |
| Average Rating | 4.11 / 5.00 |
| Total Ratings | 291,258 |
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster is categorized as Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Travel, Biography & Memoir. Its primary genre classification is Biography & Memoir.
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster has 368 pages.
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster was written by Jon Krakauer. It was first published in 1997.
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The ISBN-13 for Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster is 9780385494790.0.
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