View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest

View from the Summit

The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest

By
Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
1999 • 324 pages

In a memoir by the first man to reach the peak of Everest, Hillary discusses the adventures that shaped his life, from the South Pole to the Ganges River.

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