The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger -- Heinrich Har

The White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in 1938, but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently enshrined in mountaineer Jon Krakauer's first work, Eiger Dreams. For a generation of American climbers, The White Spider has been a formative book--yet it has long been out-of-print in America. This edition awaits discovery by Harrer's new legion of readers.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Heinrich Harrer<br><b>Publisher:</b> Penguin Adult Hc/Tr<br><b>Published:</b> 09/28/1998<br><b>Pages:</b> 400<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.89lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.30h x 5.53w x 1.06d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780874779400<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 09/21/1998 pg. 67<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Heinrich Harrer</b> was born in 1912, in Carinthia. Following his adventures in Tibet, he participated in many mountaineering expeditions and wrote numerous books. Harrer currently resides in Liechtenstein.</p>